Cops fire rubber bullets at Honeydew protesters

Police fired rubber bullets at a group of protesting residents who had blocked off Beyers Naude drive near Honeydew on Wednesday morning, a spokesperson said.

“The situation is tense and the road is blocked,” said Lieutenant Colonel Lungelo Dlamini.

He said no arrests had been made by 9am.

Residents of Zandspruit informal settlement blocked the busy road in a protest related to service delivery.

The protest started shortly before 6am and the residents threw stones and burning tyres on Beyers Naude Drive and Peter Road, said the Johannesburg metro police

“Motorists are advised to avoid the area as there are officers present and the road had to be blocked off,” Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said.—Sapa