Last-minute 'exodus' as commuters leave Joburg before national lockdown

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With just hours left before the national lockdown, the N3 has been flooded with last-minute travellers trying to make their way out of Gauteng before the clock strikes midnight.

N3 toll concession spokesperson Con Roux said that the road, which connects KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, the Free State and Mpumalanga, had received an influx of people by lunchtime on Thursday.

“Unfortunately, we are seeing a late exodus from Gauteng towards the Free State and in particular KwaZulu-Natal, and so a lot of people have left their travel till late and after midnight, there will be a prohibition on travel except in the circumstances stipulated in the guidelines,” said Roux.Ongoing:Congestion on N2 Northbound at Tongaat Toll Plaza ; Expect Heavy Delays.

 

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The TAXI ASSOCIATION MALICIOUSLY SELFISHLY GREEDILY STUPIDLY single handedly DESTROYED every attempt to CONTAIN YHE VIRUS they possibly put the whole COUBTRY at risk by defeating the attempt not to export COVID to the RURAL AREAS the fckrs

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