In every province and every city, people are taking a stand against awful governance.

Although there is ultimately no knowing what effect today will have, South Africans were awake early this morning to make their voices heard.

The set time for kickoff was generally 10AM, but messages containing images of signs, blockades and protesters started doing the rounds a little before 9AM.

News24 with some video from this morning:

It was reported that 62% of business are in favour of allowing their staff to protest – and if you have found yourself on the road as a result, you can find our handy guide to protesting HERE.

However, for the rest of you who are stuck looking at your screens for today, and want to at least feel like you are a part of the change, we got you.

This is what you need to know in order to follow the action:

Hashtags

If you have never dabbled in Twitter, hashtags are the real deal. Click on one below to get yourself a live feed of what’s happening.

#AntiZumaMarches – this is the BIG one.

#MarchforChange

#SAUnite

#BlackFriday

#ChurchSquare – protesters have occupied Church Square in Pretoria since last week Friday. Now that’s a protest.

#LuthuliHouse – massive things are going down here, just check this scene:

News24 also have live updates HERE – they’ll keep posting signs, videos and whatever else goes down throughout the day.

Video

SABC are pulling a CNN and have live coverage of the protests. Watch it below (although the YouTube comment section is off the hook.)

We’ll be in the Cape Town CBD today, tweeting what’s going down, so follow us HERE for our take.

We hope that whatever you do, and wherver you’re doing it, you be safe out there.