Protest disrupts traffic on major highway south of Johannesburg
A part of the Golden Highway running through Orange Farm has been barricaded by residents. Motorists were advised to avoid the highway on Monday morning. Captain Johannes Motsiri confirmed that residents barricaded the road on Sunday night.JHB - ALERT: N1 Route: RT @Terrific_MMT Protest action burning tyres on the N1 both ways by Orange Farm, no way through @TrafficSA — Rob Byrne (@TrafficSA) April 25, 2016async He said a few days ago‚ the community received a response from the mayoral committee over a memorandum it had handed to Mayor Parks Tau three weeks ago regarding service delivery. JHB - N1 Route, #ProtestAction at Orange Farm, burning tyres - expect delays, via @Terrific_MMT@TrafficSApic.twitter.com/nYjegAxhbX— Rob Byrne (@TrafficSA) April 25, 2016async According to reports‚ residents also called for the removal of their ward councillor‚ at the time saying he had failed to provide essential services.Motsiri said that police had been deployed to the area on Sunday night and public order police had joined them on Monday morning to control the situation...
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