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has a serious pothole problem which cause extensive car damage and also threaten the lives of motorists.
In October last year, former president of the South African Roads Federation, Mutshutshu Nxumalo, claimed there were more than 25 million potholes on South Africa’s roads.According to the African National Roads Agency , Nxumalo’s figure would represent an average of 149 potholes per kilometre of a 168 000km of paved roads, which would be “improbable and unlikely”.revealed that pothole related claims shot up by 15%, while inquires involving damaged tyres rose by 9% compared to 2021.
Additionally, the report found that the rate of pothole presence had gone up by 10 million since 2017, and that Pietermaritzburg had been the worst affected with around 21% of claims coming from the city.In August last year, the Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula rolled out Vala Zonke, what the Department of Transport called a 16-month labour intensive programme, spearheaded by Sanral to address the craters in the country.
The campaign by the Transport Department allows motorists, through the Sanral Pothole App, to report craters on roads.The president has directed me that I must launch this project nationally and I must go and work with the private sector and anyone else [willing to participate], and then also bring the necessary skill in terms of closing potholes,” Mbalula said at the time.","category_class":"child-of-motoring","time_ago":"4 hours ago","premium":false,"gallery":false,"excerpt":"The result, while expected, still made for dramatic viewing.
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