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Protests erupt in South Africa

Posted by K Mensah on 7/22/09 • Categorized as Africa, Economy

Per Reuters, Protesters hurled stones at police, who responded with teargas and rubber bullets, after thousands marched through South Africa’s Thokoza township on Wednesday over poor services and unemployment. The violent protests piled pressure on President Jacob Zuma to deliver on government promises of help for the poor three months after elections.

However, this situation has received insignificant attention on Twitter. Instead, the majority of Twitterers in and around South Africa busily tweeting about their lifestyle and vacation:

  1. Mr.Promax
    W_H_Swagspeare Violence in South Africa’s towns has spread as residents protest about what they say is a lack of basic services, such as water and housing. 22 Jul 2009 from web
  2. Osahon Asemota
    gamemasterng On my way to South Africa!!! http://myloc.me/cHZg 22 Jul 2009 from UberTwitter
  3. Dave Poole
    davethegr8 Just secured a safe house in Johannesburg, South Africa. #spymaster http://bit.ly/playspy 22 Jul 2009 from Spymaster
  4. Megan Reed
    megareed looking forward to going to south africa! 22 Jul 2009 from mobile web
  5. @mikegechter's RSS
    mikegechter_rss Violent protests of a lack of basic services in South Africa: Riots are breaking out in South Africa as proteste.. http://bit.ly/10qIeo 22 Jul 2009 from twitterfeed
  6. Leanne Keevy
    sparkiepark @thepitts When are you coming to sunny South Africa again? 22 Jul 2009 from web in reply to thepitts
  7. Rob Lith
    roblith SAT3 doubles capacity to South Africa 22 Jul 2009 from TweetDeck
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