Shots were fired on the M1 north in Johannesburg on Monday afternoon. An unknown number of masked perpetrators targeted a black vehicle in the middle of the highway near the Jan Smuts Avenue off-ramp.

Going straight over Jan Smuts Avenue will put motorists on St Andrews Road where your next three lefts will put motorists onto Oxford Road, which eventually becomes Rivonia Road. Road users also have ...

• The entire M1 between Crown Interchange and Jan Smuts Drive should be avoided. Motorists leaving the CBD travelling north should avoid Nelson Mandela Bridge, Bertha Street and Jan Smuts Avenue.

A truck that overturned on the M1 highway near the Jan Smuts offramp on Friday morning had been cleared and the highway was open to traffic again by late afternoon, Johannesburg metro police said.