The M2 was closed in both directions on Sunday as the protest action continued to spread.
TheJohannesburgMetro Police Department spokesperson Wayne Minnaar reported that the protestors had blockaded the road with burning tyres.
The protests have spread across the country and have reached as far as the East Rand in Gauteng.
Violence Spreads to Johannesburg in response to the arrest of former president Jacob Zuma. Photo credit: Waldo Swiegers/BloombergSource: Getty Images
A ‘Free Zuma’ address will be delivered at Kwamai-Mai in Johannesburg on Sunday at noon according toThe Citizen.
She said that there the army fights in war and there is no war in the province.
She said the army will only be called in if the authorities are unable to cope according to theSABC.
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Mapisa-Nqakula said that the protests are not the responsibility of the armed forces according toThe South African.
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