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South Africa has been dubbed "the protest capital of the world",〔(‘Black boers’ and other revolutionary songs ), Chris Rodrigues, 2010〕 with one of the highest rates of public protests in the world.〔(Protests and Police Statistics: Some Commentary ), Peter Alexander, ''Amandla Magazine'', April 2012〕 It is often argued that the rate of protests has been escalating since 2004,〔 However Steven Friedman argues that the current wave of protests stretches back to the 1970s.〔(Calm down, the poor are not about to revolt ), Steven Friedman, ''Business Day'', 16 May 2013〕 The rate of protests "rose dramatically in the first eight months of 2012"〔('The year that anger boils over' ), Nirhsa Davids, ''The Sowetan'', 11 October 2012〕 and it was reported that there 540 protests in the province of Gauteng between 1 April and 10 May 2013.〔(Public protests: Gauteng’s rising pressure cooker ), Khadija Patel, ''The Daily Maverick'', 16 May 2013〕 In February 2014 it was reported that there had been "nearly 3,000 protest actions in the last 90 days – more than 30 a day– involving more than a million people".〔(Our protest culture is far from dead ), Max Du Preez, 'Pretoria News'', 11 February 2014〕〔(Our protest culture is far from dead ), by Max Du Preez, ''Pretoria News'', 11 February 2014〕 Since 2008 more than 2 million people have taken to the streets in protest every year.〔(Behind the Marikana massacre ), by Martin Plaut, ''The New Statesmen'', 20 August 2012〕 Njabulo Ndebele argues that "Widespread 'service delivery protests' may soon take on an organisational character that will start off as discrete formations and then coalesce into a full-blown movement".〔(Liberation betrayed by bloodshed ), by Njabulo S. Ndebele, ''City Press'', 26 August 2012〕 There has been considerable repression of popular protests.〔(Media underplaying police, state brutality ), Jane Duncan, ''Sunday Independent'', 26 August 2012〕 The most common reasons for protests are grievances around urban land and housing.〔(Service-delivery protests getting uglier - report ), Nashira Davids, ''The Times'', 11 October 2012〕〔http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2015-11-24-sahrc-people-need-access-to-land-and-housing/ SAHRC: People need access to land and housing], Koketso Moetsi, ''The Daily Maverick'', 24 November 2015 〕It has been reported that "Nearly 75% of South Africans aged 20-29 did not vote in the 2011 (government ) elections" and that "South Africans in that age group were more likely to have taken part in violent street protests against the local ANC than to have voted for the ruling party".〔(Deep Read: 'Born free' voters may not choose ANC ), JON HERSKOVITZ, ''Mail & Guardian'', 29 January 2013〕 In September 2013 the police reported that they had "made more than 14,000 arrests at protests in the past four years".〔(Crime stats: Worst violent crime figures in 10 years ), Sarah Evans, ''Mail & Guardian'', 17 September 2013〕 According to ''The Times'' "Informal settlements have been at the forefront of service delivery protests as residents demand houses and basic services".〔(Gauteng under shack attack ), Penwell Dlamini, ''The Times'', 02 April, 2014〕 ==Escalation of popular protests== During the 2004/05 financial year about 6,000 protests were officially recorded, an unknown number of protests went unrecorded, and about 1,000 protests were illegally banned. This meant that at least 15 protests were taking place each day in South Africa at this time.〔(Sekwanele! - Social Movement Struggles for Land and Housing in Post-Apartheid South Africa ), by Toussaint Losier, ''Left Turn Magazine'', 2010〕 However the number of protests has escalated dramatically since then and ''Business Day'' reports that "2009 and 2010 together account for about two-thirds of all protests since 2004".〔(Are fiery street protests replacing the vote? ), Karen Heese and Kevin Allan, ''Business Day''〕 There was a dramatic surge in protests shortly after Jacob Zuma first took office and the number of protests was ten times higher in 2009 than in 2004 and even higher in 2010.〔Municipal Hotspots Monitor research as reported in the ''City Press'' newspaper, 20 February 2011〕 The number of protests reached an all-time high in 2010/2011〔 and then a further all time post-apartheid peak in July 2012〔(South African Television's Accumulation by Dispossession ), Jane Duncan, ''SACSIS'', 7 August 2012〕 with more protests occurring in the Western Cape than in any other province〔(Western Cape is protest capital of SA ), ''Oryx Media'', 2012〕 and just under half of all protests occurring in shack settlements. In early 2013 it was reported that popular protest had reached its highest rate since the end of apartheid in 2012.〔(‘Steep increase’ in service protests ), by SETUMO STONE, ''Business Day'', 17 JANUARY 2013〕 In early 2013 it was argued that there have been as many as 3,000 protests in the last four years.〔(http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/SA-has-a-protest-every-two-days-20130121 ), Athandiwe Saba and Jeanne van der Merwe, ''News 24''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Protests in South Africa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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