DA pays R5,000 to fix a pothole that costs the ANC-run Johannesburg Roads Agency only R371

DA pays R5,000 to fix a pothole that costs the ANC-run Johannesburg Roads Agency only R371

Data shared by the DA’s mayoral candidate in Johannesburg, Helen Zille, showed that it costs the party 1,246% more to fix a pothole than the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA).

 

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

So then what's wrong with you? You'll save money if you shop around...

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

the DA learned from the ANC masters on how to do corruption right.

 

[Kosmik]

No bone in this fight but no ways it costs R300 per pothole to fix , taking into account materials and labour. That sounds like creative accounting.

 

[AlexFl]

ANC, leaving the remains of a plastic yellow barrier and hanging 2 strands of barrier tape from it until your Gr.1 construction project is stolen that night doesn't constitute a repair.

 

[Nerfherder]

No bone in this fight but no ways it costs R300 per pothole to fix , taking into account materials and labour. That sounds like creative accounting.

yes, a friend of mine did his own fix on his driveway and it was over R1000 just for materials.

Even with scalability and fixing 50 on the same road you wont get to R350

 

[Jan van Riebeeckstad]

No bone in this fight but no ways it costs R300 per pothole to fix , taking into account materials and labour. That sounds like creative accounting.

Steal too much and people complain

Steal too little and people still complain

 

[VooDooC]

No bone in this fight but no ways it costs R300 per pothole to fix , taking into account materials and labour. That sounds like creative accounting.

It costs them R300 and then two weeks later the same hole is back.

 

[A3@MBB]

Everything in WC is more expensive.
Cape tax

 

[dualmeister]

 

[CTBP]

The Johannesburg Roads Agency told Inside Metros that it repaired 97,938 potholes across the city during the 2025/26 financial year.

The cost to repair these potholes was R36 million, which equates to an average cost of R371.43 per pothole.

They said they did, so it definitely happened, lol.

 

[The_MAC]

If you buy a bag of cold tar and klap it with a spade, then I agree, R371 sounds about right

Wrt to the DA, I suspect that the "COUNT of Potholes_Fixed" field had some text in a few places and they did not divide by the correct number..

 

[The_MAC]

They said they did, so it definitely happened, lol.

That's the thing, do they really count the potholes, or perhaps the job cards - do they count all the little pot-holes around the big one etc.

 

[Intox]

If you buy a bag of cold tar and klap it with a spade, then I agree, R371 sounds about right

Pretty much what they did in my area when they "fixed" the potholes, hell even Metrofibre did exactly that when they came around 2 months ago, they had a couple of bags of asphalt, thew it in the holes they dug and used a hand tamper to compact.

I would be pissed if they paid more than R371 because we get the bare minimum when it comes to pothole fixes...

 

[duckgray]

JRA patches only last about 2 weeks and less if it is raining. So the R350 makes sense.