Strikes wreaking havoc in Pinetown

The above photograph of the vehicle that was overturned by violent protesters this morning was submitted by an eyewitness.

According to a witness strikers were amassed outside a company on Otto Volek Road. The bakkie was said to have been driving past when it became the target of the strikers.

The vehicle was carrying metal poles. Once the car was overturned and the windows were smashed the protesters made their way up Otto Volek into New Germany.

In one of the many violent incidents since the strike began more than two weeks ago, a man was brutally attacked after he was mistaken as an employee from the metal worker’s industry.

There have been several more incidents in the area where stones were thrown at cars and windscreens were smashed.