source: GroundUp
actor1: Rioters (South Africa)
actor2: N/A
location: Gqeberha
notes: 17 July. Hundreds of residents from Booysens Park and surrounding areas in Port Elizabeth demonstrated in their areas to express their anger over a lack of police presence in their area and demanded a new police station in the Booysens Park area and to meet Police Minister Bheki Cele. The demonstrators barricaded access to the roads with burning tires and large rocks. [size=100].