Protesters barricade Durban highway

The Hans Dettman highway between Chatsworth and Pinetown, south of Durban, was barricaded by protesters on Friday. 

Shallcross CPF chair Mahendra Lillkan said the road had been blocked from Higginson Highway to the exit before Wiltshire Road and the Northdene intersection. 

Lillkan said the area was a no-go zone and it was unclear what the reason for the protest was. 

Police spokesperson Col Thembeka Mbele said “a group of 50 people were burning tyres and blockading the road”.

“The road is now open for public use. The situation is quiet at the moment, police are monitoring.”

Earlier, a truck had been used to block the R102 between Mandeni and Gingindlovu in northern KZN. The scene has been cleared, according to local authorities. 

On Thursday, All Truck Drivers Forum and Allied SA (ATDF ASA) secretary-general Sifiso Nyathi confirmed to TimesLIVE that some drivers were planning a shutdown on Sunday, February 27, over the hiring of foreign truck drivers.

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