The protest happening around the R59 Meyerton is becoming violent. Police and protesters are clashing. The protesters are throwing the police with stones, and the police are using tear gas and firing rubber bullets. There are reports that petrol bombs are being thrown as well.
A reporter on the scene had her camera taken and smashed. The media are being chased away, and stones are thrown at the journalists.
The Midvaal area is a Democratic Alliance (DA) municipality, and rumors are circulating that the African National Congress (ANC) are instigating the protests, trying to make the area ungovernable. Ahead of the local elections, there can be a lot of dirty play at hand, and the question to ask is whether the rumors are true.
Are DA members being forced to protest to destabilize the Midvaal municipality?
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