E-toll protesters take to the streets

A group of protesters at Cosatu's Johannesburg headquarters took to marching down an adjacent street this morning (Friday)as they waited for feedback from officials. The group of around 50 sang anti-e-toll slogans and marched up and down Simmonds Street in Braamfontein. Members of the Johannesburg metro police, the SA Police Service and provincial traffic officials kept a watchful eye. Congress of SA Trade Unions' Gauteng chairman Phutas Tseki was expected to brief the protesters. The trade union federation was deciding whether to go ahead with a drive-slow protest on the city's highways. The Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Thursday dismissed its application to do so. Cosatu approached the court after metro police refused it permission.