source: Daily Sun (South Africa)
actor1: Protesters (South Africa)
actor2: Police Forces of South Africa (1994-)
location: Ermelo
notes: On 19 March 2021, farmers blocked a road at a farm near Ermelo (Gert Sibande, Mpumalanga) after the farm owner turned down employees of an energy company after inviting them, with the residents, for a conversation regarding energy supply in the area. The police were called and opened fire against the group; 3 people of the same family (at least 1 of them, a child) were shot and injured. [size=no report]