Protesters chant slogans and hold placards during the Women’s Nationwide Shutdown at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg on November 21, 2025, ahead of the G20 leaders’ Summit. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP) South Africans are known to be a very passionate people. We are passionate about sports, music, community, and national pride and identity.
Mzansi can also channel that passion negatively, sharing their views on socio-economic inequality, government corruption, and ongoing social challenges. Here is a list of four instances of people who angered South Africans in 2025. The scourge of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) outraged South Africans again in 2025.
South Africa paused at midday on 21 November as thousands of women and community members participated in a coordinated nationwide shutdown to protest GBVF. The shutdown followed Women for Change’s petition, which gathered more than one million signatures calling for GBVF to be declared a national disaster. Dressed in black, participants lay down for 15 minutes at 12pm, representing the 15 women killed daily in the country.
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Today, we reminded the nation that our voices cannot be ignored.Thank you@womenforchange5for leading this powerful and historic stand against GBV. ✊🏾💜#WomenShutdownpic.twitter.com/O7i8ut3gZY Tembisa Hospital has become known for the collapse of medical services and the looting of taxpayers’ money through corrupt tender processes. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) said that about R2 billion of taxpayers’ money has been looted in a coordinated manner by syndicates operating at the hospital. The SIU identified at least three syndicates operating at the hospital.
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