Why Joburg’s roads, pavements look like a war zone (and CT’s don’t)

Picture the scene: a burst water pipe on a busy suburban road in one of the major South African metros on a Friday night.

Rather, two giant piles of mud and tar ‘cordoned’ off the portion of the one lane. Motorists simply had to figure out how to navigate around this, which was tricky given that it was effectively at a T-junction intersection.The crater was mostly filled after a week, and that Bryanston thoroughfare will now be a dirt road for the next few months. A few large piles of rubble , tar, and sand remain along the pavement.

Again, this is a blanket statement, and while there will be exceptions, the lived experience illustrates something different. So, in January 2000, City Power, Johannesburg Water, Johannesburg Roads Agency , Pikitup, City Parks and others were born.

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