source: Citizen (South Africa); Sowetan (South Africa); SABC News
actor1: Rioters (South Africa)
actor2: Police Forces of South Africa (1994-)
location: Middelburg
notes: On 18 August 2021, Hlalamnandi and Mhluzi residents torched a bus, barricaded streets with burning tires and rubble and placed the city into a lock down in Middelburg (Nkangala, Mpumalanga), forcing the closure of several shops, in a demonstration over municipal tariff increases and after officials decided to cancel community meetings. 6 people were arrested. The group also demonstrated on the next day (coded separately). [size=no report]