Accident waiting to happen in Boundary

Roads in Tzaneen seem to be on the receiving end of the municipality’s inability to prioritize maintenance of their infrastructure. Boundary Road past Ben Vorster High School and the SAVF creche, all the way down to the four-way stop at Minitzani Park has reached a state of life-threatening deterioration. The potholes in some areas along this route are deep enough to cause massive damage to even the most rugged SUV’s and residents have had to drive on the pavements to avoid not only avoiding damaging their vehicle undercarriages, but also oncoming traffic. This morning, Friday the 10th of March, two head-on collisions were narrowly avoided when the drivers swerved onto the sidewalk at the speedbump before the Vape Guy.

The state of Minitzani Street which branches off Boundary towards Tzaneen Primary School is even worse. It near impossible to pass through this narrow street without hitting a massive ditch in the ground. The recent rains have exasperated the problem.

We asked for comment on the matter from the GTM’s councillor in the area, Chrizelle Dreyer, but at the time of going to print we had not received any response. We will be following up this story in our future publications.

14:00 before the storm, the resident called January at the electrical control room who said that they were aware of the problem but it would not be fixed that day.

In the meantime, and at the time of this publication, Bulletin has learnt that the municipality arrived on site and rectified the situation after the particular resident raised his concerns over electrical groups on the WhatsApp messaging platform. We have not had any feedback from the GTM on this matter.