NEW: Protesters 'angry that locals no longer have jobs'

Polokwane - At least 20 buses contracted to transport Medupi construction workers were set alight on Monday evening, apparently by disgruntled former workers at Marapong township in Lephalale.

Locals said a group of protesters - mainly former power station workers who had been dismissed - started protesting in the evening, barricading roads with various objects, and marched to the local police station where they set it alight and also burnt municipal offices.

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