Motorists are advised to avoid the Johannesburg CBD due to the ongoing violent protests.
The Johannesburg Metro Police Department says the situation is volatile at the moment as protestors are looting shops and liquor outlets.
Update from Hillbrow:
Several other areas are also affected by sporadic protests including Malvern, Jeppestown, Denver, Wynburg and Alexandra.
JMPD spokesperson Wayne Minnaar,” Motorists are advised to avoid the Johannesburg CBD at the moment due to violent protests. Protestors are looting shops and bottle stores and are causing major obstructions on the roads of Lillian Ngoyi, Commissioner Street, Raheem Moosa Street the N1 north and south is also blocked at the R28 near the Sebokeng off-ramp. Motorists should use alternate routes. There are rocks and boulders on the N1 freeway.”
SABC crew robbed
Earlier, a SABC NEWS crew was robbed of their equipment while covering protests in Alexandra.
GE of SABC News gives an update:
Business owners feel unprotected
Business owners whose stores were looted in Malvern, Johannesburg, have lashed out at police, saying they failed to protect them.
Dozens of stores have been looted during sporadic protests in several parts of the city on Saturday night.
Several vehicles and stores were also torched.
Melda Archery, who owns a grocery store in Johannesburg, says a gang of men robbed her of all her goods on Sunday morning.
“I requested the help of police but there was not one police van to be seen. In front of me and my husband, a gang of people broke into my shop. They took every single thing out and they are using Zuma as an excuse to let Zuma go.”
“Is Zuma going to reimburse me for all the money that I have lost? Because at this moment many shops have been broken into and burnt. People that I know – their cars were burnt. So who is going to reimburse us? I don’t think our government or the ANC is going to reimburse us for all of this,” adds Archery.
