Comet protest

A  protest by residents of the Comet and Angelo informal settlements near Reiger Park in Boksburg, South Africa. They blocked a main road with burning tires, and other barricades. They are protesting about their living conditions and basic services. They say they have had no electricity or water for over a year.

During a skirmish with the police, this young protester was hit on the head with either a rubber bullet or a stun grenade from the police.

Illegal miners rescue, Benoni

Ekurhuleni Emergency Services lower water down to a large group of illegal miners trapped in a disused mine near McKenzie Park in Benoni.

The illegal miners had been robbed by other illegal miners, that pushed a few large rocks down the hole trapping the miners.

DA March attacked by ANC members in JHB.

The march by the Democratic Alliance (DA) to Beyers Naude Gardens in the Johannesburg CBD was cut short after it was intercepted by a group of African National Congress (ANC) supporters that attacked the legal march with bricks and forced the police to intervene.

The DA march was legal and peacefully making its way to Beyers Naude Square.

They were intercepted by a group of ANC members.

The police fired tear-gas and stun grenades to stop them attacking the march.

The irony of this sign seems lost on this ANC member after they violently stopped a legal march by the DA to Beyers Naude Square in Johannesburg.

I shot this video with a GoPro camera mounted on the lens hood of my Nikon D700.