LETTER: No guns at Wild Coast protest
The N2 Wild Coast Road is a national strategic infrastructure project and part of the National Development Plan
Chris Makhaye’s and Nce Mkhize’s article on the SA National Roads Agency Limited’s (Sanral’s) N2 Wild Coast Road project contained several inaccuracies (“Protesters Vow to Make Life Difficult for N2 Construction Workers,” April 24). The assertion that “construction on the highway has been stalled since October after protests by local communities as well another heavily armed group” is incorrect. There was stoppage on the Mtentu Bridge site only, not on the rest of the 410km route, where several projects are under way. No “assault rifles” or other guns were carried by the protesters at the R1.6bn Mtentu bridge site. The police who were monitoring the protests confiscated a few handguns, a shotgun and an airgun (which looked like an assault rifle) out of vehicles parked close to the protests. While work was suspended by Sanral for negotiations, the protest only lasted a few days and no damage was caused. The contractor’s claim that the initial protests and associated “threats” constit...
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