Gallery Update
KNYSNA NEWS - Residents from Hlalani once again took to the N2, the main artery in and out of Knysna, this morning to express their grievances with regard to incomplete housing projects, shutting down the road for nearly two hours before it was reopened.
It is believed the protesters began barricading the road and burning tyres shortly after 10:00 this morning, in the hope of voicing their frustrations surrounding the housing projects in Hlalani which remain unfinished.
Local municipal law enforcement arrived soon after, along with representatives from the police too. While the public order policing service (POPS) was still en route to the protest, protesters began throwing rocks at law enforcement and police vehicles, cracking the windshield of a police van.
Soon after, however, POPS arrived on the scene and the crowd dispersed as the matter was brought under control. The Knysna Fire & Rescue Department was called in to douse the burning tyres and debris, and then clean-up crews were also called upon to remove the debris from the road in order to resume the flow of traffic.
Shortly after 12:00 the clean-ups had been done traffic resumed in both directions.
Photo: Blake Linder
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