South Africa: Hermanus Unrest - Residents Throw Rocks At Police

Thousands of residents, armed with rocks and sheets of corrugated iron, took to the streets of Zwelihle, Hermanus on Thursday.

As police fired rubber bullets to get them to disperse, they used the corrugated iron as shields, and responded by throwing rocks.

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