Chaos on Cape Town’s N2 as ANC members protest over councillor candidates

01 July 2016 - 10:43 By Andre Jurgens And Aphiwe Deklerk

Cape Town commuters were caught up in traffic chaos early on Friday as protesters burnt debris‚ closing the N2 highway near the airport leading in to the city. Protestors‚ venting their anger over candidates chosen to represent them in the local government elections‚ torched two busses in the same area on Wednesday. Criminals brandishing knives and a replica gun took advantage of the situation and robbed stranded motorists.Rob Byrne tweeted a photograph of flames burning across the highway ‏on Friday.ROAD CLOSURE ALERT Cape Town - N2 Inbound, #ProtestAction before the Airport exit - ROAD CLOSED pic.twitter.com/xrZ6jyQKdj— Rob Byrne (@TrafficSA) July 1, 2016async Authorities responded by clearing the barricades and the road was reopened.The African National Congress (ANC) confirmed on Thursday that it had suspended one of its members for allegedly instigating the violent protests that led to the burning of two Golden Arrow buses on the highway.ANC provincial secretary Faiez Jacobs said the member was quoted as saying: “We are going to continue to make the N2 chaotic and unstable.”N2 blocked in ANC candidate list fury: TWO Golden Arrow buses were torched and several cars stoned on the N2 near… https://t.co/VW8DSSQEKs— CapeTown Journal (@capetownjournal) June 29, 2016asyncJacobs said the member had brought the party into disrepute.“We find these particular utterances irresponsible‚ reckless and bordering on inciting violence‚” said Jacobs...

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