Motorcades make stops

VIDEO: Protesters take to the roads driving 20 km/h with singing and dancing!

 

On the N3, people alighted from their vehicles to sing and dance on the highway.

"Today I am here to express myself as a young person... I don't want to pay a lifetime instalment," said one dancer, Bheki Mhlongo.

"Me as a South African, I am no longer free."

While the dancing continued, one mischievous protester decided to put an anti-toll sticker on a police vehicle. He left quickly before the officer could alight and remove it.

Earlier, cars turned sideways and closed the N3 highway. Police intervened and convinced the protesters to continue moving.

Police confined the motorcade to two lanes, to allow other cars to pass. But protesters instead took up three of the five lanes.

Pinky Mnguni, chairperson of Cosatu's gender structure for provinces, said protesters did not want to be confined.

"We didn't come here to play. With this e-tolling they have gone too far. We will fight this to the bitter end."

The M1 north motorcade was confined to one lane. Traffic was slow and helicopters were hovering above.

Cosatu provincial chairman Phutas Tseki said Cosatu had no intention of removing gantries, despite calls for it last week.

"We won't think of touching even one gantry. When we arrive at them we will stop and move on."

Protesters want the e-toll system dropped. Last week, Cosatu threatened to occupy Gauteng streets, and block freeways during the protest.

The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance has brought a court application to have the e-toll project scrapped, but a ruling has yet to be made.

"Bring back freEway"

Protesters singing and dancing on the roads