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Mount Frere

A town in the Eastern Cape. 7 moments on air in the last seven days, the latest on Monday 07:50.

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Monday 12 October7

  1. 07:50SAfmThe National Briefing

    be just north of Umtata towards Kumbu. We are saying avoid travel for the time being between Mount Frere and Umtata Varkumbu because there's all sorts of problems there. Stationary trucks, stationary vehicles, burning tyres, soil across the

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  2. 07:33SAfmThe National Briefing

    In fact, there's various blockages between Mount Frere and Umtata this morning, so good idea just to sit tight and not travel at this stage. Durban side, the M2, big backlogs from the M7 through the Westwood Mall. The M7 from Hunts Detman

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  3. 06:31SAfmThe National Briefing

    you can sort of get around the town centers or whether there's absolutely nowhere to go. But Mount Frere, um Tata, just tie for the moment. Don't travel out that way. Looking okay. Peter Marisburg to Durban. No major surprises, no major

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  4. 06:31SAfmThe National Briefing

    coming towards the Midran very slow. Protesting at multiple locations now between Umtata and Mount Frere. Probably a good idea to avoid travel through that area until a little bit later, until that situation becomes sort of well, we become

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  5. 06:07SAfmThe National Briefing

    at the minute. There are reports coming in now of multiple protest sites, Umtata, Kumbu, and Mount Frere. I would suggest you sit tight, just wait till we get a bit more visibility. What is possible, what isn't, what's got a local detour,

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  6. 05:31SAfmFirst Take SA

    Need to travel through Mount Frere. Just I would suggest hold things back a little bit. Let us see exactly what's going on, get a good scope of how disruptive that protest is likely to be, and maybe set out a little bit later. We will keep

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  7. 05:31SAfmFirst Take SA

    We're just getting some information through about protesting on the N2 corridor through Mount Frere down in the Eastern Cape. This is protesting bubbling away for months, but it is a flashpoint this morning. So anyone that wants to travel

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Mount Frere on SA radio — locl