source: Witness
actor1: Protesters (South Africa)
actor2: N/A
location: Pietermaritzburg
notes: On 19 October 2021, former military officers and veterans gathered at the Pietermaritzburg High Court (Umgungundlovu, KwaZulu-Natal) in a demonstration to demand the release of the 56 former military arrested in the previous week for keeping two ministers and a deputy hostages in a hotel in Irene (coded separately). The group appeared for a hearing in Pretoria. [size=no report]