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Metro Matters: Kwa-Dwesi Potholes

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Dear Editor

As much as I have observed and experienced that stereotypes are often based on hard facts, I have contrarily tried to turn a blind eye to that assertion after many instance of black people’s governance Archilles’ Heel being the inability for the Upkeep & Maintenance of citizenry infrastructure.

Mother Nature has blessed us with good rainfall off late, which also exposed the poor workmanship and/or components used on our below par road quality. My car bumped past a seemingly shallow pothole on Friday morning, the 13th of October 2023, and not being into superstition, just brushed off the resultant knock as something minor and not some Friday the 13th Omen.

Upon my inspection, after the car was heavily lowered on the left front corner wheel, I discovered that the mag wheel practically resting on the flat rubber that was previously a tyre. The long gash on the tyre wall that was caused by that pothole therefore rendered the tyre irreparable and set me back at R1200 or so; to buy an entirely new tyre. I am quite sure if the potholes around towships were actually attended to, that would have never happened, let alone resurfacing the roads from scratch and not merely being potholes patch job.

To whine & whinge about the non repainting of road lines thereafter would surely guarantee, once again, the insults that I am an honorary white man that is too fastidious and efficient to a fault.

Regards

Luyanda Marlon Kama
Kwa-Dwesi, Gqeberha

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