Johannesburg Has A Big Ditch Problem [Video]

You could argue that Joburg is in the trenches.

A number of dugout ditches have littered the main and residential roads in some parts of Johannesburg, becoming a serious safety concern for drivers.

One car drove into a trench created by Johannesburg Water just days after the entity said that it had filled 15 205 trenches. Residents have been up in arms about these trenches, which were once dug, and were not covered up again by the governing body, creating hazardous roads and car accidents galore.about the ditch near her house.She said that two trenches were dug after a complaint about a burst water pipe, and when she heard the crash-bang one night, she knew what had happened before even looking:

“If someone doesn’t close it up, there will be an accident, I said. I knew, with the way people were driving past, they were so impatient.” Indeed, the car-in-hole crash happened in Glenhazel after the bulk water supplier dug two ditches to try to fix a leak in the residential area. The man apparently had to crawl out of his car through the driver’s side window and managed to escape unharmed:Joburg water dug two trenche’s earlier in the day but only put barriers around one. With loadshedding this trench became invisible.

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