The causes and nature of the June 2016 protests in the city of Tshwane : a practical theological reflection

dc.contributor.authorKgatle, Mookgo Solomon
dc.contributor.emailu10173600@tuks.co.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-15T10:52:00Z
dc.date.available2017-08-15T10:52:00Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-24
dc.descriptionDr Kgatle is participating in the research project ‘Socio-cultural Readings’, directed by Prof. Dr Ernest van Eck, Department of New Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, South Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa has recently experienced a series of public protests. The common element is that violence is becoming evident in these protests. This article uses the June 2016 protests in the city of Tshwane as an example to address the root causes of such protests. On 20 June 2016, the African National Congress (ANC) announced that the city of Tshwane mayoral candidate for the 3 August 2016 municipal elections in South Africa is the former public works minister and ANC National Executive Committee member, Thoko Didiza. Consequently, public protests in the city of Tshwane emerged immediately after this announcement. These public protests were very violent, such as protesters killed one another, burned buses, looted shops and barricaded roads. The root causes of these violent protests are identified as factionalism, tribalism, sexism, economic exclusion and patronage politics. The purpose of this article is a practical theological reflection on the root causes of June 2016 protests in the city of Tshwane. The main aim of this article is a practical theological solution to the general problem of violent protests.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentNew Testament Studiesen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKgatle, M.S., 2017, ‘The causes and nature of the June 2016 protests in the city of Tshwane: A practical theological reflection’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 73(3), a3845. https://DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v73i3.3845.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v73i3.3845
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/61657
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectMunicipal electionsen_ZA
dc.subjectPublic protestsen_ZA
dc.subjectViolenceen_ZA
dc.subjectCity of Tshwaneen_ZA
dc.subjectTheological solutionen_ZA
dc.subjectViolent protestsen_ZA
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dc.titleThe causes and nature of the June 2016 protests in the city of Tshwane : a practical theological reflectionen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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