Violence accompanies resumption of farm-workers strike

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

Protesting Western Cape farmworkers overturned and set fire to a journalist's car before assaulting him in De Doorns on Wednesday.

The car, which belonged to Independent Newspapers and was being used by Cape Times journalist Xolani Koyana, was destroyed during a clash between protesters and police.

Police Lt-Col Andre Traut said 44 people were arrested after the farmworkers' strike resumed earlier in the day.

The N1 highway at De Doorns remained closed to traffic after protesters blocked the road with rocks and threw stones at the police, who retaliated with rubber bullets.

A police captain was injured in the violence.