Durban - The N2 near Ballito has been reopened to traffic
after it was temporarily closed by protesters stoning cars on Tuesday morning.
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IPSS spokesperson Paul Herbst said the N2 was open to
traffic but the P445, a link road between Ballito and Compensation, was still
partially barricaded with a heavy police presence at the scene.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane said the
morning’s protests came after several people were arrested for the torching of
an ANC councillor's car and house in February.
“Phoenix Tactical Response Team and Mandeni detectives
conducted an intelligence driven operation in the early hours of Monday morning
at Shaka’s Head. Seven suspects aged between 23 and 45 who were allegedly
involved in protest were identified and arrested. They will appear in the
Umhlali Magistrate’s Court today, 12 July 2016 for public violence, arson and
malicious damage to property,” he said.
“It took the detectives almost five months to gather
evidence and they managed to trace the suspects in the area and were arrested,”
Zwane said.
He added that in the wake of the arrests, people had taken
to the streets.
“We are dealing with them at the moment, the groups disperse
and then reform elsewhere,” he said.
This is a developing story.
