{"id":46683,"date":"2023-08-11T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T07:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/watch-mthatha-n2-road-blockaded-by-angry-protesters-20230811\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:56:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:56:57","slug":"watch-mthatha-n2-road-blockaded-by-angry-protesters-20230811","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/watch-mthatha-n2-road-blockaded-by-angry-protesters-20230811\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH | Mthatha N2 road blockaded by angry protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Traffic flow on the busy N2 outside Mthatha has been<br>\nseverely affected, after angry protesters believed to be from Ngolo and<br>\nsurrounding villages used buses and trucks to blockade the busy route<br>\nnear Makhaphetshwini junction outside Mthatha on August 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The route connects Mthatha to Qumbu, Mount Frere and<br>\nKokstad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is believed that the protests were 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