| Date | Country/Town | Detail of Activity | Demands |
| 22DECEMBER 2009 | NEPAL – Kathmandu | Communists and masses engaged in struggle with the military and country’s elite: Well over 100 000 people attended the closing rally of a three-day general strike called by the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). The strike shut down virtually all business, schools and public transportation. The event was the capstone of the latest round of mass protests called by the communists in their campaign against the attempted seizure of the government in May by the allied forces of the Nepal Army and the country’s elite. | l For the insubordinate leader of the traditionally royalist Nepal Army to resignl Establishment of the civilian supremacy in government of Nepal |
| 22DECEMBER 2009 | SA – Johannesburg | A strike by 3000 thousand workers launched by Food and Allied Workers’ Union (FAWU) at SAB Miller’s ABI Soft Drinks Division entered its second month. The strike received huge support from workers at all four ABI production plants and triggered a one-day sympathy strike of SAB brewery workers. | l End to the further use of labour brokers and casual labour |
| 25JANUARY 2010 | SA – Johannesburg: Kwa – Thema – Barcelona | Residents of Barcelona, an informal settlement East of Johannesburg, gathered at 6am and blockaded roads with burning tyres and set three vehicles alight, including a bakery truck and two panel vans belonging to the municipality. | l Service delivery provisions: water, electricity and RDP houses. |
| 27JANUARY 2010 | SA – Johannesburg: Elias Motsoaledi | Residents at the informal settlement blocked the busy Chris Hani Road during the morning rush hour.25 people were arrested when protesters pelted cars and clashed with the police, who fired rubber bullets. | l Houses and free electricity. |
| 28JANUARY 2010 | SA – Brits – Madibeng | More than 100 municipal employees protested outside the office of acting CFO Nana Masithela, demanding her dismissal. | l Resignation of acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO) |
| 01FEBRUARY 2010 | SA – Mpumalanga: Tonga Village | Police arrested 19 residents for public violence and malicious damage to property. About 400 residents barricaded the road with rocks and burning tyres. Police dispersed crowds by firing rubber bullets. | l Water, houses and jobs |
| 03FEBRUARY 2010 | SA – East of Johannesburg: eTwaTwa | Protesting residents barricaded Esselyn Road. They dispersed peacefully when Ekurhuleni metro police and local government officials intervened. | l Better services |
| 04FEBRUARY 2010 | SA – Free State: Orangeville | Police arrested 15 residents for taking part in an illegal gathering after they damaged the Metsimaholo municipal offices.They also barricaded the roads with burning tyres, tree branches and rocks. | l Houses, electricity, water and basic sanitation. |
| 08FEBRUARY 2010 | Zimbabwe | A strike by Zimbwean state workers demanding monthly compensation of at least US$600 a month from the current US$150 continued with little sign of negotiations in progress. The strike began with a mass meeting of public workers in Harare. Public Service Association President John Tagara said civil servants have been waiting in vain for salary increases since the formation of Government of National Unity in February 2006. Institutions hit by the strike included the court system, schools, and the Office of the Registrar, which issues passports and certificates of birth and death. | l Increase in monthly salaries from US$150 to US$600 |
| 10FEBRUARY 2010 | SA – Mpumalanga: Balfour – Siyathemba | Approximately 32 people were arrested after streets were barricaded with burning tyres, rocks, furniture and scrap metal. Police dispersed violent protesters with rubber bullets. | l Jobs, electricity and water. |
| 11FEBRUARY 2010 | SA – Port Elizabeth: Chatty Ext | Police fired rubber bullets to disperse approximately 400 protesters. Residents blocked the roads with burning tyres. Calm was restored when mayor Zanoxollo Wayile addressed the crowd. | l Residents removed from a flood-prone area in 2006 have still not received schools, clinics and a police station. |
| 16FEBRUARY 2010 | SA – Limpopo – Mohlalatsi | Police arrested 150 protesters after they forcefully took pupils out of their classrooms to take part in the protest. When police arrived they threw stones at them. | l Basic services including water and roads. |
| 16FEBRUARY 2010 | SA – Newcastle: Osizweni | About 1000 people blockaded roads with burning tyres and debris. Police had to disperse protesters when they refused to allow taxis and busses to pass. Pupils were stranded and could not go to school. | l Service delivery. |
| 16FEBRUARY 2010 | SA – Kwadukuza: Shakaville | About 300 Shakaville residents wanted to protest outside their councillor’s house, but they dispersed peacefully when the police told them the strike was illegal. | l Housing. The ward councillor, Thulani Khuluse, did not live in the area and was unaware of their needs. |
| 19FEBRUARY 2010 | CHAD | Teachers demanding more pay to deal with higher food prices entered the third day of a nationwide strike. The government called their demands “illegal” and “unjustified” because the “high cost of living is a general problem that does not concern only teachers”, said employment Minister Fatime‘Tchombi. | l Wage increases |
| 22FEBRUARY 2010 | SA – South of Johannesburg: Orange Farm | More than 1500 protesters took to the streets over several days, disrupting traffic. They clashed with police officers who fired rubber bullets. | l Quality houses and other basic amenities including sanitation. |
| 22FEBRUARY 2010 | SA – Vaal – Sharpville | A crowd of about 2000 protesters blocked off Seifo Street and other roads with burning tyres and rocks and stoned passing buses. | l Better services. |
| 24FEBRUARY 2010 | GREECE – Athens | Most international travel was halted and public services thrown into disarray as thousands of Greek workers protesting austerity measures staged a general strike and joined demonstrations in the capital that turned violent. All scheduled flights into and out of the country were cancelled, international trains were not operating, bus and subway services were suspended and ferries remained in their ports. Tax offices and Courts shut down, and hospitals operated with only emergency staff members. The general strike was called by two main labour organisations which represent about 2,5 million workers. | l No tax increasesl No reduction of civil servants’ vacation pay by 30% |
| 26FEBRUARY 2010 | SA – Brits – Oukasie | 82 people were arrested for public violence. Protesters reportedly damaged houses of the Brits mayor and two police officers. Six people were injured during the action. | l Clean water: Residents were warned to boil the water because it was contaminated. |
| 27FEBRUARY 2010 | SA- Sedibeng – Sharpville | Police arrested 13 residents who were protesting over lack of basic services. They had burnt down a councillor’s house and stoned cars. Some residents had threatened to loot shops belonging to foreigners. | l Better service delivery. |
| 01 MARCH 2010 | SA – Norht West: Maboloka | About 1000 residents protested against the poor quality and scarcity of their water. The residents say they have been without water since December 2009 and that the water which the Madibeng municipality supplied with trucks was insufficient, dirty and made them ill. | l Clean and good quality water and other basic services. |
| 01 MARCH 2010 | SA – Vaal Triangle: Sebokeng | Residents barricaded main roads with bricks and burning tyres in solidarity with Sharpville protesters. They said they also want corrupt councillors to step down. Sharpville residents accused the Sedibeng municipality of corruption and failing to provide services. | l Resignation of corrupt councillors |
| 01 MARCH 2010 | SA – Johannesburg – Lenasia – Thembalihle | After more than 20 years without electricity, residents of Thembalihle informal settlement, near Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, resorted to violent protests. About 2000 angry residents took to the streets armed with hammers, sticks and pangas, burnt tyres on the roads and threw stones at passing motorists in K43 Street, which separates the informal settlement from Lenasia. Police arrested 40 residents for public violence. Thembalihle does not have water, electricity and sanitation. | l Provision of water, eletricity and sanitation. |
| 02 MARCH 2010 | SA – North West, Brits: Oukasie | Around 5000 residents marched against poor services, calling for Madibeng executive mayor Sophie Molokoane-Machika, to resign. Reportedly, 80 people were arrested and several injured when protesters clashed with the police. | l Quality drinking water and roads. |
| 03 MARCH 2010 | SA – Pretoria West: Soshanguve | Extension 10 residents took to the streets and protested against lack of services by blocking roads with burning tyres and stones. | l Provision of RDP houses |
| 03 MARCH 2010 | SA – East of Johannesburg: Daveyton | Residents of Zenzele informal settlement took to the streets, protesting over poor services. Ekurhuleni metro police officer Vusi Mabanga said the demonstration had been peaceful. | l Provision of RDP houses |
| 05 MARCH 2010 | MOROCCO | Strike shuts down Public Sector: Three major public-sector unions launched a general strike after two months of negotiations with the government reached an impasse. | l Wage increases |
| 08 MARCH 2010 | SA – Pretoria: Mamelodi East | Residents protested over the lack of services and called for the replacement of ward councillors. During the protest they barricaded streets with burning tyres. | l Provision of water, sanitation and electricity. |
| 08 MARCH 2010 | SA – Pretoria West: Soshanguve | Ward 37 residents protested by obstructing the main road leading to Rosslyn with rocks, burning tyres and branches. They forced taxis off the road, demanding commuters join in. | l Resignation of their incompetent councillor, Mpho Lamolal Completion of RDP houses (which has been outstanding for three years). |
| 08 MARCH 2010 | SA – Johannesburg | About 1000 members of South African Students Congress (SASCO) protested at nine universities, saying it was “unfair” for the government to spend billions on stadiums for the Soccer World Cup while students struggled to pay their university fees. | l Free Tertiary Education |
| 09 MARCH 2010 | SA – Bronkhorstspruit | Sixteen (16) people were arrested yesterday during a protest march in which they demanded the resignation of a councillor. The 16 people, ranging in age from 13 to 27, were arrested after they threw stones at the home of councillor Dan Mabona. The protesters also looted and attempted to torch the home of Mabona’s brother. | l Resignation of the municipal councillor. |
| 10 MARCH 2010 | SA – City of Tshwane – Pretoria | City of Tshwane executive mayor Dr Gwen Ramokgopa delivered her state of the city address while parts of the municipality were paralysed by striking workers. Several local townships embarked on service delivery protests with thousands of demonstrators engaged in running clashes with the police. The affected townships included Mamelodi, Hammanskraal, Tshwene’s Farm, Hebron, and Soshanguve, north of Pretoria.Mamelodi East:Protesting Phomolong Informal settlement residents complained about lack of housing, running water, electricity and proper roads. They blockaded major taxi and bus routes leaving hundreds of workers and school children stranded. Some residents threatened to invade vacant land if their demands were not met.
North of Pretoria: Winterveldt – Tshwene’s Farm: Residents demanded the immediate installation of running water, saying that the budget for the provision of water was approved two years ago but nothing had been done. Soshanguve: Residents complained about RDP houses that have stood incomplete for three years, stands that were still without running water and roads that are not tarred. City of Tshwane spokersperson Console Tleane also confirmed protests at Hammanskraal and Hebron over poor service delivery. |
l Housing, water, electricity and proper roads.l Provision of running water
l RDP houses, running water and roads |
| 10 MARCH 2010 | SA – East of Johannesburg: Ramaphosa Informal Settlement | Residents clashed with police when they reportedly set alight toilets, blocked roads and stoned metro police officers who were trying to disperse them. | l Service delivery |
| 11 MARCH 2010 | SA – SOWETO: Dobsonville | Residents marched in protest against their municipality’s failure to provide services. They barricaded an intersection at Impala Road with burning tyres. | l RDP houses, as promised in 1994, running water and improved roads. |
| 12 MARCH 2010 | GREECE – Athens | Workers throughout Greece staged their second one-day strike within a month to protest the austerity measures being imposed by the PASOK social democratic government. The strike took place just days after the Greek parliament ratified the latest austerity package, which imposes 4.8 billion Euros in tax increases and spending cuts. | l No cuts in public spendingl No public sector wage freezel No increase in retirement age by two-years as proposed by the government |
| 14 MARCH 2010 | THAILAND – Bangkok | Hundreds of thousands of United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) known as Red-Shirts assembled in Bangkok for a protest march against the government. | l Resignation of Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva whom they accuse of being undemocratic and illegitimatel The Prime Minister to dissolve parliament and conduct new elections. |
| 15 MARCH 2010 | SA – Ekurhuleni: Sabie Ridge | About 3000 people protested, burning tyres in Modderfontein and Republic road. They stoned police, who fired rubber bullets. Violence spread to Ivory Park, Phumelela and Mayibuye. Forty-two people were arrested. | l Governmental fulfil its promise of formal housing. |
| 23 MARCH 2010 | SA – Durban | A student was injured when he was hit in the face by a rubber bullet during a protest at Durban University of Technology. Student were marching on Mansfield Road when police fired rubber bullets at them. | l The University must increase the number of buses available to and from campus.l Improvement in the quality of campus food and lower prices for cafeteria food |
| 26 MARCH 2010 | SA – Johannesburg | A strike by mineworkers at South African Gold One stretched into a fourth day after workers and management failed to agree on a pay rise. About 1000 mineworkers at the company Modder East mine, 30km east of Johannesburg also downed tools in a wage protest. | l Wage increase |
| 27 MARCH 2010 | SA – Gauteng: Krugersdorp | Service delivery protests took place in Hebron, Muldersdrift, outside of Krugersdorp. Residents took to the streets to get officials to restore water services to them which has been off for four weeks. | l Provision of water |
| 01 APRIL 2010 | SA – Ekurhuleni | Samwu members went on a go-slow protest for seven days. Several services including waste removal were affected by the mass action. Workers also disrupted a council meeting and chased several contractors away from work. | l Better working conditionsl Demand that officials account for poor service delivery |
| 07 APRIL 2010 | SA – South of Johannesburg: Lehae | Lehae residents barricaded the Golden Highway over water issues. For six days residents of Lehae, including Lenasia south and Zacharia Park had no water.Residents said they had to travel 400 metres to an Islamic university that opened a borehole for them. They said hygiene was now a serious issue and they were not happy with the quality of water brought in by trucks. | l Provision of water |
| 16 APRIL 2010 | SA – East Rand – Eden Park | Demonstrators took to the streets accusing government of ignoring their housing needs. Some residents forcefully moved into vacant RDP houses and have since been served with eviction notices. Police opened fire with rubber bullets several times to disperse the crowds. | l Provision of RDP houses |
| 24 MAY 2010 | BRITAIN | Thousands of British Airways (BA) cabin crew employees went on strike over pay and working conditions. | l Improved pay and working conditions. |
| 27 JUNE 2010 | CANADA – Toronto | G20 Summit :Thousands of demonstrators set fire to four (4) police cars and shattered shop windows with baseball bats and hammers along several city blocks and hundreds of protesters marched on the temporary detention centres erected to house those arrested, sparking more clashes with police who repeatedly fired teargas into the crowds resulting in over 500 protesters arrested. |
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