Durban metro police promises more visibility to curb freeway protests
The eThekwini Metro Police Department has vowed to beef up security on roads like the N2 to prevent disruptive unplanned protests.
This comes after an incident involving two trucks that were burnt by protesters in Chesterville, west of Durban, who were angry over what they said was a lack of service delivery in the area.
Metro police spokesperson Boysie Zungu says such protests are putting lives in danger.
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He says they will put more boots will be on the ground.
"We need to avoid those service delivery protests on national roads.
"Can you imagine if someone is going to hospital and gets stuck because of protests?” So, by increasing our police visibility or highway patrols, it will help us to prevent it from happening."
