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Police fired rubber bullets to repel hundreds of rock-throwing farm workers during a strike for higher wages at De Doorns on Thursday, during a second day of violence in the normally calm and picturesque wine lands.
Police and farmworkers fought running battles along the N1, which links Cape Town and Johannesburg, halting traffic and shutting off a number of towns and villages.
Protesters near De Doorns set barricades on fire and threw rocks, stones and debris at police vehicles, prompting officers in riot gear to respond with a volley of rubber bullets and tear gas.
Protesters were dispersed but rapidly re-gathered, in a game of cat and mouse that has rocked Africa's main wine producing region.
