Rebuilding from the unrest

the N3 highway is arguably the most policed road in South Africa. I realised this when I recently travelled the 570km connecting Johannesburg, our country’s financial nerve centre, to Durban, the busiest port in Africa and one of the major trade gateways on the continent.

All along the highway, I saw many police cars stationed at intervals while known hotspots like the Mooi Rivertoll plaza in KwaZulu-Natal were guarded by soldiers in armoured vehicles.

I also noticed that the N3 is littered with speed and surveillance cameras. I