Civic Protest Barometer 2018 FactSheet #4 - grievances of protesters

The Civic Protest Barometer (CPB) tracks civic protests across South Africa, which are a specific form of protest, directed at municipalities. While nationally the number of civic protests in 2017 reached the lowest level in three years (CPB 2018 Fact Sheet #1 (nr of protests), the pattern shown in the type of grievances underlying the civic protests is consistent with that established in earlier CPBs.