WATCH | Protesting BCM workers set fire to roads with burning tyres to block traffic

By Sivenathi Gosa - 18 February 2021

Roads were blocked by burning tyres in NU6, Mdantsane on Thursday by protesting BCM workers
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BCM workers took to the streets on Thursday morning, blocking traffic with burning tyres and covering roads with litter.

This comes after a meeting on Wednesday where they were addressed by the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) regarding their Covid-19 Risk Allowance that they have been waiting for since June 2020.

Onlookers said that police had used teargas to disperse crowds.

This is a developing story.

Fires burn in BCM streets as protesting municipal workers block roads. pic.twitter.com/OqPZDn3rhf
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A woman struggles on the ground after being caught by teargas used by law enforcement officials to disperse crows of protesting Buffalo City Metro municipal workers. pic.twitter.com/WKe4Hffxk4
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