South Africa: South Africa’s service delivery protests likely to drop as power grid stabilises

In April 2023, 100% of service delivery protests in South Africa were triggered by rolling blackouts and water shortages – every single one.

But in May 2024, even as protests escalated in the run-up to the elections, power and water woes accounted for only 24% of the total.

This is according to the latest analysis from Municipal IQ (a research company that monitors service delivery protests), which shared its data with Daily Maverick.

“While water and electricity continue to be the…