UPDATE: 08:30 | N2 BETWEEN GARDEN ROUTE MALL OFFRAMP AND PACALTSDORP BRIDGE REOPENED
GEORGE NEWS - A group of ferocious protesters went into a frenzy of ruthless vandalism in the dark, in the early hours of yesterday morning (Wednesday 20 June), wreaking havoc on the N2 highway near Thembalethu and in Nelson Mandela Boulevard in George.
Throwing petrol bombs onto unsuspecting truck drivers on the N2, they destroyed three large trucks that burnt out completely. None of the drivers were injured.
The riot spread to Lawaaikamp where protesters smashed ATMs at Cheap Foods and ripped up paving from the main road and sidewalks. They barricaded Nelson Mandela Boulevard and the highway by force, using bricks, stones and large concrete blocks, disrupting traffic and preventing people from going to work.
By the time the George Herald went to print yesterday afternoon, the cause of the protest could not be officially confirmed, but it is believed that it had its origins in the March service delivery protest when residents of Mandela Village, Ramaphosa, France and Kapa peacefully marched to the George Municipality to demand basic services such as sanitation and water.
Read more on our sister publication, George Herald.
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- Thembalethu: Situation remains tense
- Latest: Riots in Thembalethu
- 8 Arrested for public violence
- Riots: N2 remains closed
- Update: Thembalethu riots
- Riots: 2 Trucks petrol bombed
- Rioting in Thembalethu
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