Since the dawn of majority rule in 1994, South Africa has been witnessing a wave of community protests such as never seen before in this country. Some of these protests, including those in areas such as Malamulele (Limpopo Province) and Khutsong (Gauteng Province), have received a considerable amount of attention from scholars, media, opinion-makers and politicians, inter alia. Judging from the existing literature, the causes of community protests often range from poor service delivery to municipal inefficiencies and border disputes. Regardless of their scale and duration, the 2015 community protests in Maruleng's Oaks village (Limpopo Province) have received limited media coverage and no scholarly pursuit. The marginalisation of the Oaks community protests within academic and public discourse, has resulted in their being only partially understood and, consequently, disastrous measures to resolve them have been undertaken. Agains