Police fired rubber bullets at a group of protesting residents who had blocked off Beyers Naude drive near Honeydew on Wednesday morning, a spokesman said. Residents of Zandspruit informal settlement blocked the busy road, in a protest related to service delivery. The protest started shortly before 6am and the residents threw stones and burning tyres on Beyers Naude drive and Peter road, said the Johannesburg metro police.
Motorists were advised to avoid the area as the road had to be blocked off.