Staff reporter
Ladybrand – The R708 betweeen Clocolan and Marquard remains deadly after we discovered potholes are filled with soil.
This followed a shut down by taxi operators and farmers in and around Ladybrand, Ficksburg, Clocolan, and Marquad last month.
Among their demands:
- immediate payment to a contractor
- payment and progress schedule
- transfer of R708 to SANRAL
- regular meetings with department officials and contractors
STEPUPSANEWS took a shot left to R708 and found potholes filled soil and no construction work on site.
With rainy season approaching, the worst will happen.
WATCH: R708 from Marquad
From Clocolan toward R26, about 500 meters of the road is completely gravel.
The R275 million contract was awarded to Maphuta Business Enterprise (MPE).
Chairperson of Manyatseng Taxi Association expressed his disappointed with the road.
“I am very disappointed with the way they are patching but not with soil.
I am hopefully they will create a make shift while fixing the road. Time is also not in their side as they were supposed to start on the 27 November 2024, they are eight months behind already.”
With regards to the damages he said.
We are forever repairing and replacing, rims, tyres and suspensions.”
The road maintenance tenders are lucrative and there are four or five companies who might be colluding. They get no less than 3 tenders a year and milk the department.
In other news, company with links to the African National Congress was paid R9 million by Department of Community Safety, Roads, and Transport for the controversial fog spray tender.
COPA DEL REY TRADING is one of the 10 companies appointed in the fog spray panel, they were appointed after the department cancelled appointment made before Joyce “Pretenders” Mathae, Free State Premier became MEC.
That said, we will focus on roads across Free State.
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At the end ur busy complaining of non south african .pls guys be serious
Wtf is a “famer”?
South African roads are a danger to road users and yet every year we must pay our license disc and do wheel alignment and fix your suspension to travel on roads full of potholes and roads that pose a danger to us and our families and other road users. And then you get a traffic police stopping you and checking your car that’s been damaged by these messed up roads that potholes 500mm deep this country is already like the rest of the African countries that politicians have looted beyond no recovery. It’s very sad what country we live in.
Be grateful that you didn’t read the rest. It’s indecipherable.🤔
This is cruel and diagusting let alone inhuman. Greed is inhuman and this is it.
We need to bring Freedom Front on board,get rid of ANC,yes NPwas oppressing us as blacks ,but life was better than now,we has good infrastructure in the country,we have by laws ,we had borders in full operation,,,,now it’s time we unite both blacks and white and get rid of these thieves,bring our country back,reclaim ownership,get rid of all foreigners along with ANC.
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Vusi there I no better truth than that, whites this whites that. To hell with that. They (whites ) deliver. We have failed to maintain what we have inherited. Let us unite you’ll see wonders
I’m with You on this Ee had a better run Country under the NP .Let’s Unite and rebuild together as South Africans.
I’m just tired of voting for ruling party.Look what’s happening in Joburg City its a shame
The whole of that freestate has got no roads because of Imigodoyi ka Thambo…
ANC is an embarrassment, starting with you former premier Ace, he chawed money with his friends and kids, I remember the story of his kids who were found bundles of hard cash, it is time for black and white to stand in one objective and we reclaim South Africa.
South African roads are a danger to road users and yet every year we must pay our license disc and do wheel alignment and fix your suspension to travel on roads full of potholes and roads that pose a danger to us and our families and other road users. And then you get a traffic police stopping you and checking your car that’s been damaged by these messed up roads that potholes 500mm deep this country is already like the rest of the African countries that politicians have looted beyond no recovery. It’s very sad what country we live in.
Let us dispense of colour and let’s build 1 nation 1 SA for all. All the politians that choose to cause strife and hatred must leave. Forget tenders let do what burkino Faso is doing and force government to do away with the tenders and use our prisoners who lavish in jail. I say let them earn their meals, get them to work
Free state roads are a mess. Especially between Marquard and Ladyband. The taps are dry, there is no water. People rely on tanks that’s come once a week. The water filters are not being repaired at the reservoir. Moemamaneng it’s worse, the whole place is stinking due water shortage
Thieving sods just dig up soil front the side of the road