source: Witness; GroundUp
actor1: Rioters (South Africa)
actor2: Police Forces of South Africa (1994-)
location: Pietermaritzburg
notes: On 26 November 2020, about 300 Sacca informal settlement residents, some carrying sticks, burnt tractor tires and rubble, and blocked roads in the Mkondeni area, Pietermaritzburg (uMgungundlovu, KwaZulu-Natal) in a demonstration to demand toilets, water taps, electricity, and housing promised in 2017. The police used rubber bullets to disperse the group. The group also stole steel statues of a well-known artist. Later the day, the group allegedly set 2 vehicles on fire. [size=about 300]