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Potholed Gonubie roads causing learner drivers to fail tests

Gonubie traffic department learner drivers are appealing to the community to assist with refilling potholes on the learner driver test route that is forcing them to swerve into oncoming traffic. Swerving or encroaching onto the right-hand…

GETTING IT DONE: Dorchester Heights residents join forces to fix a stretch of about 400m on pothole-ridden Smythelon Road. Pictures: SUPPLIED

Dorchester Heights residents fix potholes

After ongoing complaints and multiple attempts to get BCM to fix the gaping potholes in their area, frustrated Dorchester Heights residents have resorted to using their own resources and labour to fill them up. About 30 community members…

MORE HOLES THAN ROAD: Some of the potholes that residents in several areas around BCM are forced to deal with. Pictures: GO STAFF

Potholes a huge problem for BCM

Potholes are an unfortunate reality that many Buffalo City Municipality residents are forced to deal with. The rainy weather East London has been experiencing over the last few months has exposed the terrible conditions of the roads and…

Motorists may claim for pothole damage to their vehicles

Potholes make roads undriveable and it’s a very real problem for vehicle owners. What motorists may not know is that they can claim for pothole damage to their vehicles, directly from the SA National Road Agency (Sanral) or the…

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula. File picture.Image: MICHAEL PINYANA

‘2.7-million potholes’: Mbalula’s celebrations at reaching a Twitter milestone takes a detour

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula’s celebration at reaching a milestone on Twitter was short-lived after users flooded his comment section with complaints. The avid social media user celebrated hitting 2.7-million followers this week. In…

Tomorrow in the GO!: – Potty About potholes: Nightmare roads affect Gonubie residents and busiinesses – Pamper sessions help ailing children:Little girls become Queens for a day – Blocked sewage pipe struggle: residents lives with…

Big BCM clean-up Workers’ project helps unemployed

HUNDREDS of previously unemployed workers have been tasked with the job of cleaning up the city since October, thanks to BCM’s Community Workers Project. In October, 50 ward councillors across the city identified 10 unemployed people…