Johannesburg has the highest rate of potholes affecting motorists.
According to a poll hosted by Wheels24, Eastern Cape comes in second with East London scoring 23 per cent (4132) trailing behind Johannesburg with 47 per cent (8518 votes).
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Potholes are commonplace throughout our City and greater South Africa.
For some cities, such as Cape Town, it’s an ongoing battle; the City of Cape Town says it “fixes 260 potholes each week”.
The results are in:
- Johannesburg: 47 per cent (8518 votes)
- East London: 23 per cent (4132)
- Durban: 10 per cent (1784)
- Bloemfontein: 10 per cent (1735)
- Pretoria: 7 per cent (1338)
- Cape Town: 3 per cent (591)
Motorists have become accustomed to the rigours of replacing tyres due to potholes but there is a way to circumvent the cost of new tyres.
Not only are your tyres being damaged, but your vehicle’s rims too; which lead to a whole host of other problems.
Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) spokesperson Bertha Peters-Scheepers said, “The public may lodge a claim with the JRA’s Legal Department for alleged damages suffered due to road and/or infrastructure (such as manhole or kerb inlet) that the JRA as a municipal-owned entity of the City of Johannesburg is mandated to maintain.”
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