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About 200 people were protesting on Alpine Road in Durban on Thursday morning, eThekwini metro police said.
The protesters were burning rubbish and tyres, spokesman Eugene Msomi said.
It was believed the protest was about service delivery.
Protesters, carrying bottles and vuvuzelas, were singing, dancing, and chanting on a hill overlooking Alpine Road.
About three kilometres of Alpine Road was closed.
"We demand housing, electricity, and land," stated a placard.
The protesters claim they were promised housing in 2007 by a former eThekwini mayor and they had been forgotten.
One of the protesters, a woman, was lying in the street waiting for paramedics after she collapsed during the protest.
The SA Police Service and the metro police were monitoring the protest.
Police had to use teargas at various stages to disperse the group.
Alpine Road was littered with debris, bricks, tyres, and a tree.
Residents of Overport were looking nervously at the protesters from their houses.
Employees of Durban Solid Waste were waiting to clear the road.
Source : Sapa /ns/js/fg/jk
Date : 13 Jun 2013 09:38
The protesters were burning rubbish and tyres, spokesman Eugene Msomi said.
It was believed the protest was about service delivery.
Protesters, carrying bottles and vuvuzelas, were singing, dancing, and chanting on a hill overlooking Alpine Road.
About three kilometres of Alpine Road was closed.
"We demand housing, electricity, and land," stated a placard.
The protesters claim they were promised housing in 2007 by a former eThekwini mayor and they had been forgotten.
One of the protesters, a woman, was lying in the street waiting for paramedics after she collapsed during the protest.
The SA Police Service and the metro police were monitoring the protest.
Police had to use teargas at various stages to disperse the group.
Alpine Road was littered with debris, bricks, tyres, and a tree.
Residents of Overport were looking nervously at the protesters from their houses.
Employees of Durban Solid Waste were waiting to clear the road.
Source : Sapa /ns/js/fg/jk
Date : 13 Jun 2013 09:38
