source: News24 (South Africa); EWN; Times (South Africa); Sowetan (South Africa)
actor1: Protesters (South Africa)
actor2: N/A
location: Pretoria
notes: On 19 October 2021, supporters of a group of war veterans, including MKVMA members, gathered outside the Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria (City of Tshwane, Gauteng) in a demonstration to demand the release of the 53 former military arrested in the previous week for keeping two ministers and a deputy hostages in a hotel in Irene (coded separately). 42 people were released. [size=no report]