location: Pinetown
notes: The Pinetown CBD came to a standstill when hundreds of taxi drivers squared off with police in a battle which lasted several hours; police used water cannons, tear gas, and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd, who hurled stones and burned tyres; the taxi drivers were reportedly 'tired of being harassed' by roadblocks; one taxi driver was reportedly killed, and other was hospitalized following the gunfire exchanged
target_text: location: Pinetown, fatalities: 1