South African police fire rubber bullets at protesters
South African police fired rubber bullets Wednesday at protesters in a shanty settlement on the outskirts of Johannesburg demanding better living conditions.The demonstrations come less than two months before local elections and point towards grassroots discontent among impoverished black voters towards the ruling African National Congress.
South African police fired rubber bullets and water cannons on striking civil servants who barricaded schools and hospitals as part of a wage dispute threatening to damage the country's economy.