Why are South Africa's roads so bad? An engineer explains…
Lester Kiewit interviews engineer Andrew Laatz, Kgodiso Mokonyane (Discovery Insure) and Annelie Retief (Dial Direct Insurance).
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Lester Kiewit interviews engineer Andrew Laatz, Kgodiso Mokonyane (Discovery Insure) and Annelie Retief (Dial Direct Insurance).
Jo'burgers now have an easier way to report potholes, and have them fixed quickly.
The service is now in full swing n Johannesburg. Have you tried it out?
At Dial Direct, we are pleased with the progress and difference made to date, but road conditions are a lot worse than we thought. We are repairing much bigger, deeper and more severe crevices and holes that occur due to digging during road construction or for creating a passage for the laying of pipes and fibre cables. These are not classified as potholes, but rather road defects or deep trenches requiring reinstatement. Anton Ossip, Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Insure, says: "If you combine the traditional, defined size of a pothole with the road defects and deep trenches, The Poth...
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