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Potholes
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Gauteng’s Pothole Fixing App Has Only Been Downloaded 11 000 Times, Despite Costing Almost R500k To Develop
04 Sep 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
In an attempt to address the notorious pothole problem on South African roads, the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport (GDRT) embarked on an ambitious journey to develop and launch the PotholeFixGP app.
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SA Turns To Nanotechnology With Ambitious New Pothole Plan
01 Aug 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
In addition to the nanotechnology pilot plan, the Department of Transport also announced that in light of government ministries being seemingly unable to keep up with the task of looking after the country’s roads, many key roads will be moved to the jurisdiction of the South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL).
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Lamborghini’s New ‘Off-Road Psychopath’ Is Perfect For SA Roads [Video]
13 Jun 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Described as a jacked-up, armoured, off-road psychopath, the new Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato is a 449 kW off-road-capable supercar that can get you from the city to the mielie fields at 260km/h. It’s OK if you feel like your Fortuner sucks a little after watching this.
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Tropika ‘Smooth Rider’ Advert Pokes Fun At Our Crazy Country [Video]
22 May 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Potholes, lowriders, load shedding, and giving a spiedkop a ‘cooldrink’ all get squeezed into this funny advert.
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Now We Can’t Even Fix Potholes Anymore – It’s A Crime
25 Apr 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Writing ‘ANC’ next to a donga in your street should rather be seen as an ‘honest election campaign’, not a crime.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminates A Pothole In LA [Video]
12 Apr 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Hopefully for the residents in Terminator’s hood, this is one pothole that won’t be back.
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Now Companies Are Branding The Potholes They Fix
16 Mar 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
At this rate, it may be more feasible if the government just goes on holiday and let private companies and citizens take it from there.
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Local Man Channels David Attenborough In Hilarious Pothole Clip [Video]
20 Feb 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Although we all have a ‘pothole story’, it’s nice to have a laugh over our decaying infrastructure every now and again. Well, sort of.
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New Joburg Mayor Picks Low Hanging Fruit For First 3 Months In Office
31 Jan 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
New week brings a new mayor with bold new priorities for City of Johannesburg: Fixing potholes. We are saved!
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Everybody’s Laughing At Ramaphosa’s Pothole Antics [Video]
05 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On Saturday, President Ramaphosa headed to Delmas, Mpumalanga, as part of an ANC service delivery campaign.
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New Zealand Man Has An Interesting Tactic To Get Potholes Fixed [Images]
07 May 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
A self-professed road safety campaigner from New Zealand became a phallic artist in a campaign to get his local council to fix the area’s potholes.
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20 000 People Have Watched Unshaven Pat Symcox Rant About Potholes [Video]
05 Jul 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Pat Symcox has always been vocal, although back in the day his sledges were reserved for the opposition. These days, he takes to social media.
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Cape Town Sinkhole Eats Car And Driver Narrowly Escapes Death
07 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Driving the roads in South Africa is like a life threatening challenge. You have to manoeuvre passed taxis, the odd farm animal if you’re in a rural area, and now massive potholes that eat entire cars.
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Our Streets Are Paved With Gold – Woman Makes Half A Bar From Pothole
18 Sep 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Everyone knows that South Africa’s roads are a minefield of potholes. I even know an old lady who painted white circles around the ones in her street, so she would miss them…
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The People Shall Be Free… To Max The Rev Counter
06 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
There isn’t much right with South Africa’s roads. Take the Jan Smuts Avenue, for instance. It snakes through the heart of Johannesburg from Parktown on the very edge of town, to the dusty wastelands of the godforsaken and heathen Randburg in the north. Along the way, it passes through important suburban locations like Hyde Park, Craighall, and my doorstep.
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Pothole In China Swallows Entire Lorry [PIC]
31 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Thanks to China, I am officially never complaining about the state of our roads in South Africa ever again. A lorry (pictured) has fallen down a massive fracture in the road which opened up as the truck drove over it. Scary. This comes just after four other lorry drivers in February were lucky enough to survive after a bridge collapsed as they drove over it.
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LIFE AFTER THE WORLD CUP – THE CHICKEN AND THE POTHOLE
13 Jul 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Doctors are calling the syndrome LAWC, or Life After World Cup. Symptoms include being productive at work, not watching SABC, and facing up to the fact that there are still crippling pot holes on most of Johannesburg’s roads. And on that note, this article makes for eleven-herbs-and-spices kind of reading, if you know what I […]
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