KwaNdengezi protest goes up in smoke

An apparent protest in Kwandengezi near Pinetown has allegedly seen the local councillor’s office and three motor vehicles go up in flames this morning.

Citizen reports from the area suggest protesters blocked the roads coming into and out of the area.

KwaNdengezi Strike’s again. All roads are closed_we cnt go to work. I gues its another holiday!

— Bheko Sokhela (@bhekosok) October 29, 2014

This photograph of three burned vehicles was posted on  Instagram this morning with the caption: Kushubile (roughly translated: things are bad) and the hashtag #Kwandengezi, while a tweet from a Durban fire man seems to corroborate the incident.

This morning the brigade had to extinguish the fires @ councilor office and three cars after riots in Kwandengezi area Pinetown

— Paul (@DurbanFire) October 29, 2014

It is not clear what the protestors are demanding. Our journalists will continue to investigate.