One truck driver was slightly injured as he was hit on the head with a stone, allegedly by protesters at Steynsrus. Community members also helped themselves to chicken that was being transported to Durban in one of the trucks.Steynsrus which falls under the Moqhaka local municipality in Kroonstad experienced service delivery protest late on Thursday night.
Trucks drivers were forced to abandon their vehicles before they found refuge at the local police station. One of the trucks was also used to block the road before it was set alight.More than 60 protesters were arrested on Thursday for public violence and are expected to appear in court soon.protestsMinisters in the Justice Crime Prevention and Security cluster briefed the media in Pretoria on government’s plans to ensure safe and fair elections.
The Minister of State Security, Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba, says they are aware of the recent spark in service delivery protests and shutdowns that remain a concern.“We have noticed that the service delivery protests they escalate and in most cases there are genuine concerns of the community, but there’s this other element of criminality. We must emphasize that we are not going to tolerate any criminality, hiding behind genuine community protests. That we are not going to tolerate.
Burning trucks won't deliver nuthing good this is just crime madness wake up South Africa and do things in good way
Is it along N3 and is it possible to pass.. ?
yaaa education is the key to kill poor decisions. How many jobs to be loosed after this barbaric action. People turn to forget we also have responsibility to reduce the unemployment.