Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Patricia de Lille has refuted claims that she was held hostage in a shopping mall by SMME’s who were protesting on Tuesday. De Lille, together with Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele, conducted an oversight visit on the N2 Nodal Developmental Project based in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape. ) This visit was interrupted by protesting small, micro and medium enterprises (SMME) who complained that the project has been on hold for two long and has left them unemployed and stranded. De Lille, however, says she knows nothing about this hostage situat…