TimesLive reports that KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) driving school owners took to the highway on Wednesday demanding their share of Covid-19 relief funds and demarcated spaces for training.

Traffic on the N3 was backed up from Shongweni as more than 30 driving school cars were “marching” peacefully. There was an altercation between police and protesters, who also demanded that basic education minister Angie Motshekga should not "interfere" in their business. This after a proposal by the basic education department to have pupils offered driving lessons at schools. Driving at 20km/h, the protesters were on their way to Pietermaritzburg to hand over their memorandum of grievances to the office of KZN premier Sihle Zikalala. Tempers flared when police intervened and tried to stop the protest, however it was allowed to continue and the motorcade made its way to the premier's office in Pietermaritzburg. Deputy chairperson of Ubumbano Driving School Operators Association, Lunga Magudulela, said they were upset by the government's lack of recognition of the industry, which is one of the "pillars of the economy". "All job seekers and motorists have all gone through driving schools," Magudulela pointed out. He lashed out at the government for not allocating relief to the industry which was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sandile Ndlovu and Mfundo Mkhize at TimesLive

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