Residents vented their anger over the ANC’s candidate list on Cape Town's N2 highway.

CAPE TOWN - Two Golden Arrow buses were torched during violent protests on Cape Town's N2 highway on Wednesday night.

#N2protest City officials confirm 2 buses have been gutted after protesters burnt tyres near Borcherds Quarry TvS pic.twitter.com/WcUbQe2ZEU

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Residents of the Barcelona informal settlement took their anger over the African National Congress' election candidate lists onto the freeway last night.

#N2protest City's JP Smith: highway still blocked in both directions. Will reopen once debris is removed TvS pic.twitter.com/xS5R9hHBXg

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Demonstrators stoned vehicles and barricaded the road.

The City of Cape Town's JP Smith says the situation was eventually brought under control.

He says two people were arrested for robbing motorists. "The City's roadblock unit arrived on the scene from where they were busy. As they arrived, between them, members of the community and the neighbourhood watch, they were able to apprehend two of the four people who engaged in these robberies. They confiscated the knives and the replica firearm."

#N2Protest JP Smith: City officials & community earlier arrested 2 knife-wielding suspects after demo, for robbing motorists.

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Smith says police were deployed after the protest violence.

"The debris was eventually removed and the tailback was curtailed. Police vehicles were deployed throughout the night to ensure that we didn't have a repeat of the violence."