“92 potholes on my way to work” – What a normal day on South African roads looks like

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“92 potholes on my way to work” – What a normal day on South African roads looks like

A "normal day" for one motorist sees him drive over dozens of potholes and encounter regular citizens trying to fix them.

 

[zoozi]

What a normal day on roads excluding the Western Cape looks like

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

maybe you DO actually need a SUV for this bit,
wonder in 10 years with no maintenance, you need a LR discovery, diff locks, Winches and Engine Snorkel all just to get to work and back.

 

[WaxLyrical]

Why can't he take the N1 via Menlyn?

 

[Moosedrool]

maybe you DO actually need a SUV for this bit,
wonder in 10 years with no maintenance, you need a LR discovery, diff locks, Winches and Engine Snorkel all just to get to work and back.

There might be a piece of tar here and there left. Ways will warn about a piece of road in the pothole.

 

[Bewlen]

Articles like this prove no point. South africa yearns decolonization.

"If you don't like it, you should go back to Europe"

 

[Corelli]

Sorry I am from Cape Town, what is a pothole? Bwahhaaahaaa

This happens if you give the bid to fix roads to your 14y old brother thats still at school and doesnt run a road repair company, but he gets a 12 million rand contract.

But you cant blame the 14y old only his brother.

I met a 16y old that had his own company part time to paint roofs, and he was helluva good. Complete spray clean, prime and painting. (and he had 3 workers working for him. His mom was his secretary.

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

Growing up in the Cape, a pothole was a slight indentation in the road. It was more a curious what is this thing they put signs up for. Is it a uneven section of the tarred road?

Stayed up country for three years and then discovered what they truly are after discovering they can swallow a bakkie with trailer.

 

[Goosfrabba]

If you strategically place your potholes, you inadvertently create speedbumps and therefore save money by not having to make speedbumps

 

[porchrat]

This sentiment was echoed by transport minister Fikile Mbalula in a parliamentary meeting on 15 February, in which he said the roads will not be maintained for the next 10 years due to the bulk of Sanral’s income being used to service debt incurred by the e-toll project

This is what happens when you ignore the public. The entire country warned them and they refused to listen.

Will they learn from this experience? Probably not.

 

[Kodi]

If you don't look after something, nature reclaims it. Simple.

 

[grok]

Why can't he take the N1 via Menlyn?

Yeah, I'm a very frivolous route taker and even I consider that way over-convoluted.

Not that it takes away from the number of cANCerholes..

 

[Bigjay84]

If there were 99 potholes , you could sing your way to work

 

[WaxLyrical]

Yeah, I'm a very frivolous route taker and even I consider that way over-convoluted.

Not that it takes away from the number of cANCerholes..

Pothole fetish is real.

 

[TheChamp]

Sorry I am from Cape Town, what is a pothole? Bwahhaaahaaa

This happens if you give the bid to fix roads to your 14y old brother thats still at school and doesnt run a road repair company, but he gets a 12 million rand contract.

But you cant blame the 14y old only his brother.

I met a 16y old that had his own company part time to paint roofs, and he was helluva good. Complete spray clean, prime and painting. (and he had 3 workers working for him. His mom was his secretary.

Have the City of Cape Town finally given the tender for these roads to a grownup?

Potholes drive residents | News24

Disgruntled motorists are calling on the City of Cape Town to urgently fix “appalling roads” in some of the townships across the city.

www.news24.com

WATCH: Is this the worst street in South Africa?

Olieboom Street in Schaapkraal in Cape Town has so many potholes, it looks like an egg tray, and residents have had enough.

www.iol.co.za

 

[Agent_Smith]

"Crash through one, suspension is done; 93 potholes on the way to work..."

 

[WaxLyrical]

92 places of potholes on road, 92 places of pots, swerve left to avoid a big cleft, 91 places of potholes on road.

 

[3WA]

If you strategically place your potholes, you inadvertently create speedbumps and therefore save money by not having to make speedbumps

Money, and lives. 99% of the parents in my neighborhood have taught their kids that street soccer has right of way over traffic.

 

[Rocco1]

Have the City of Cape Town finally given the tender for these roads to a grownup?

Potholes drive residents | News24

Disgruntled motorists are calling on the City of Cape Town to urgently fix “appalling roads” in some of the townships across the city.

www.news24.com

WATCH: Is this the worst street in South Africa?

Olieboom Street in Schaapkraal in Cape Town has so many potholes, it looks like an egg tray, and residents have had enough.

www.iol.co.za

decolonization has even come to the cape, albeit more in the crappier places

 

[FiestaST]

I don't see this BS on my commute.

As usual CoCT got the shite in check.