The violent protest is a few kilometers north of Mooi River and has forced the N3 highway to be closed in both directions.
JOHANNESBURG - The N3 Toll Concessions Company says that seven trucks have been torched by protestors barricading the highway in KwaZulu-Natal.The N3 Toll Concession's Con Roux: "The police forensics is taking photographs and once they've completed that, the recovery of the burnt-out trucks can commence and hopefully thereafter we will be able to reopen the N3. At present, there is no protest action taking place.
05h33 #AlertUpdate: Protest action taking place at N3-4 57.8 near Hidcote I/C 152. Total road closure. S/B traffic diverted at Hidcote and back at Treverton. N/B traffic diverted at Mooi River and back at Treverton.
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