Technicians fixing a road that washed away during the recent floods were robbed of a provincial department of transport vehicle outside Umlazi on Wednesday.
Transport, community safety and liaison MEC Peggy Nkonyeni said the officials were held at gunpoint at a Shell Garage in KwaMuthwa outside Umlazi, south of Durban.The technicians were travelling from a site where they were fixing the L1159 in Umbumbulu.
Teams were hard at work, collaborating with other spheres of government as part of the recovery and reconstruction plan to rebuild KwaZulu-Natal. The department has 1,369 road infrastructure projects affected by the floods and required about R6.3bn to repair the damage.
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