A photo shared on a community group shows this large pothole in Centurion. Picture: Supplied. Political parties are passing the buck for the responsibility of the potholes and prolonged power problems in Pretoria.
The uMkhonto weSizwe party spokesperson in Gauteng, Abel Tau, who drives to and from Soshanguve daily, said Tshwane’s townships’ potholes and power outages are concerning. “The levels of potholes are horrendous and there are some big and dangerous potholes in areas where there shouldn’t be potholes. “The rains have exposed the city to what we have been saying; that pothole repair has gone to the dogs and put us in the worst position.” Tau said potholes were not the only problem dogging Pretoria.
“It’s the power outages, too. It’s crazy. I met residents in Soshanguve who have been without power for five days.
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I know of a place where if the wind picks up or it starts to drizzle, the power goes out,” he added. This after Tshwane mayoral candidate for the DA, Cilliers Brink, said the party was preparing a formal complaint to Nersa and described the city’s electricity crisis as budget-driven. DA Tshwane spokesperson for roads and transport Dikeledi Selowa said the ongoing outages in the city were directly preventing critical road maintenance, worsening potholes and placing motorists at risk. Selowa said recent power outages had left Bon Accord quarry without electricity, halting the city’s production of hot mix asphalt at a time when heavy December rainfall severely damaged roads across the city.
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