The northern KwaZulu-Natal town of Manguzi — located a few kilometres from the Kosi Bay border post separating SA and Mozambique — came to a standstill for a fourth successive day on Monday as protestors locked it down, demanding that authorities address their unhappiness about cross-border crime.Residents here say that for more than 20 years they have been victims of bold cross-border and crime syndicates who are stealing cars and other goods and spiriting them over the border to Mozambique.The first protest took place on Friday, where hundreds of protestors descended on the border post and blocked the entrance with the vehicles, stones and other debris. Police responded by attacking protestors with batons and throwing teargas canisters. Between Friday and Sunday, nine protestors were arrested and charged with public violence and 20 vehicles impounded. The nine were released and their vehicles were released by the Manguzi Magistrate Court. They were ordered to present themselves in...
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