Riots are break­ing out in South Africa as pro­test­ers a get­ting angry over a lack of basic ser­vices in the coun­try. Peo­ple with­out water or decent hous­ing have taken to the streets to protest.

From the BBC, we read more about the lat­est vio­lent protests and the con­di­tions behind them.

Police have fired rub­ber bul­lets at demon­stra­tors in Johan­nes­burg, the West­ern Cape and the north–eastern region of Mpumalanga.

More than 100 peo­ple have been arrested dur­ing the past week.

In Mpumalanga, there were reports of foreign-owned busi­nesses being looted as for­eign­ers sought police pro­tec­tion.
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Pres­i­dent Jacob Zuma promised to improve ser­vice deliv­ery when he came to power in May, and said fight­ing poverty was his priority.

South Africa announced in June that it was fac­ing its worst reces­sion in 17 years.

The reces­sion and job losses have added fuel to long-standing griev­ances over the government’s fail­ure to deliver basic ser­vices, and the protests are the most direct chal­lenge to Pres­i­dent Zuma since he came to power, our cor­re­spon­dent adds.

Fif­teen years after the African National Con­gress won its first elec­tion, over a mil­lion South Africans still live in shacks, many with­out access to elec­tric­ity or run­ning water.

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