The **South Africa Protest Wave of 2007 to 2014** was a wave of strikes, occupations and protests that hit South Africa from [2007](Timeline_of_Libertarian_Socialism_in_Southern_Africa "wikilink") to [2014](Revolutions_of_2008_-_2014 "wikilink") over strikes in the mining industry, the rights of squatters and protests against government corruption. ## Notable Incidents - The Khutsong protests\[36\] during 2006 and 2007 - The N2 Gateway occupations where over 1,000 families occupied unfinished state built houses to protest unfair and corrupt allocation of houses during 2007 and 2008\[67\] - The February 2008 Symphony Way road occupation which lasted over 1 year and 9 months\[68\] - The Balfour protest of 2009\[27\]\[69\] - The Macassar Village Land Occupation in May 2009\[70\] - The Durban proletarian shopping protest in July 2009\[71\] - The Abahlali baseMjondolo march on Jacob Zuma in March 2010. City Manager Mike Sutcliffe tried to ban the shackdwellers from occupying the CBD\[72\]\[73\] - The protests in Ermelo,\[50\]Grahamstown,\[38\]\[74\]\[75\]\[76\] Zandspruit\[77\]\[78\] Ficksburg,\[79\]\[80\]\[81\] Makhaza in Khayelitsha,\[82\] the Samora Machel squatter camp in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town, Shaka's Kraal in KwaZulu-Natal,\[83\]\[84\] Noordgesig, Soweto\[85\] and Themb'elihle,\[86\] Johannesburg, all in 2011. - Protests in the Siyahlala shack settlement in Gugulethu, Cape Town,\[87\] the Zakheleni\[88\] and Puntan's Hill shack settlements in Durban,\[89\] as well as Marrianridge, also in Durban,\[90\] Oliphantshoek in the Northern Cape\[91\] and Port Elizabeth\[92\] in 2012 - The 2012 Marikana miner strike\[93\] - Protests on grape farms in the Western Cape in November 2012 and January 2013\[94\]\[95\]\[96\] - Protests in Sasolburg against municipal demarcation and the perceived corruption and manipulation of democratic processes in the local and regional ANC in January 2013\[97\]\[98\] - Protests in Protea South, Soweto, in August 2013\[99\] - Abahlali baseMjondolo march on the Durban municipality, 15 September 2013\[100\] - Protests in Bekkersdal, Roodepoort and Bronkhorstspruit in early 2014\[101\] and Klipspruit, Soweto, and Langa, Cape Town,\[102\] in mid 2014.\[103\] - 2009: Crocodile River Platinum Mine Sit-In - 2009: Aquarius Platinum Kroondal Mine Sit-In - 2009: Two Rivers Mine Sit-In - 2009: Bokoni Mine - 2011: Platmin Strike - 2011: Lonmin Strike - 2011: Limpopo Strike - 2012: Impala Platinum Mine Strike - 2012: Modikwa Mine strike - 2012: Marikana Strike - 2012: Sit-ins and occupations were also part of these struggles. At Goldfields’Kloof Mine, 5,200 workers staged a sit-in,49 and at Samancor 400 workersoccupied the mine,50 while in the Northern Cape Province workers occupieddiamond and iron mines.51 At the Sishen Iron Mine, owned by KumbaResources, workers staged an occupation on the site for several weeks. Amplats, Goldfields, Kumba Iron, AngloGoldAshanti,Harmony, and Gold One.