With the recent heavy rains having battered some parts of the capital, the city now has about 60 sinkholes that it’s aware of, with most of them in Centurion.
JOHANNESBURG - The City of Tshwane said it doesn’t have enough money to fix ever-expanding sinkholes.
The sinkhole in Clifton Avenue, Centurion, is listed as Tshwane’s biggest sinkhole, which is about 107 metres wide and 20 metres deep.Shared and Corporate Services MMC Kholofelo Morodi said this is an expensive problem. “We have got competing needs. We have to provide water and electricity to our residents. Bills we have to pay - we have got Eskom, Rand Water. We also have to make sure we pay the employees to do the work. So, because of the mismanagement in the past, Tshwane is really cash-strapped and we are struggling to collect that revenue.
This is Tshwane’s largest sinkhole. According to a council report, it has a circumference of 109-meters and is about 20-meters deep.
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