MOTORISTS were delayed for hours as traffic was diverted when Khayelitsha residents blocked the N2, burning tyres and dumping faeces yesterday.
Some 100 protesters ran from the area with portable bucket toilets and dumped the human waste on the road, halting traffic.
Traffic was diverted to Vanguard Drive, Stellenbosch Arterial, Robert Sobukwe Road and Govan Mbeki Road.
Police and traffic officials monitored the area and the road was reopened before 8pm.
Police spokesman Frederick van Wyk said police would remain in the area.
Community leader Thabo Kanana said the community was fed-up with the city’s sanitation services.
“We do not want portable toilets, finish and klaar,” Kanana said.
A resident of Khayelitsha’s BM Section, Mpo Ndou, said she had to share a communal toilet with eight families.
“I am sick of this. Our dignity means nothing to the government.
“We don’t want more portable toilets, we want houses. We deserve a decent life too,” she said.
Western Cape Traffic chief Kenny Africa said protesters had
burnt tyres and dumped human waste on the road. “Police brought the situation under control, but motorists from Somerset West had to queue for hours,” he said.
At 7pm a provincial road maintenance provider had been contacted to clean the road.
The road had been opened just before 8pm, Africa said.
No one had been arrested.
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