Western Cape police on Monday said it deployed members to several parts of the peninsula as a taxi strike turned violent with busses being set alight and officers being stoned.
Police spokesman FC van Wyk said one bus was set alight in Delft where firefighters and traffic officers came under attack.
The City of Cape Town reported that one of its MyCiti busses was set alight on the N2 near the R300 turnoff. The road was closed, but the City reported that N2 outbound was reopened just before midday, while the R300 had been opened in both directions.
Members of the public order policing unit were deployed to Du Noon, near Milnerton where buses and police officers came under attack, said van Wyk.
“Members took action using rubber bullets and teargas to disperse the crowd.”
Protestors also burned tyres along the N1 highway at Joostenberg Vlakte and Bloekombos.
“It was removed by SAPS members roads are opened,” said van Wyk.
SAPS were also deployed along the N2 at the Borchards Quarry turnoff near Nyanga where buses were also stoned.
At Fisantekraal, traffic and police officers were stoned on the Potsdam and Wellington roads.
– African News Agency (ANA)
