Although there is still a substantial section of the road to the Carletonville graveyard that is in a very bad state, the contractor that was previously on site has already left.

Complaints about the bad state of this road have rolled in for more than a decade. Although there used to be a neat tarred road, so many potholes have caved in that family members who want to go to the graveyard to visit their relatives’ graves have started to drive on the side of the road.

After the municipality received money from the National Government through a Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG), the contractor Rhuone Projects and Plant Hire Pty Ltd. started working at the site in May 2025.

Workers at the site told the Herald toward the end of last year that they were only responsible for fixing a section of the road as there was not enough money.

They were hopeful, however, that the municipality would supply more money to finish the whole road.

Although the section of the road finished by the contractor is very neat and is very comfortable to drive on, about a third of the road was still in a very bad state by August 17.

The unfinished section is the first part on which motorists drive after the turn-off from Agate Street in the new industrial area.

There are still massive holes in this unfinished section, and anyone who drives into it at more than a snail’s pace will seriously damage their vehicle.

An alternative gravel path, which was scraped while the contractor was busy fixing the road, only starts further on the way.

Luckily, the new perfectly tarred section of the road starts after about a kilometre and leads directly to the graveyard.

Although there are no signs indicating this, motorists must turn off the alternative gravel path where the new tarred section starts, as the makeshift bridge over the mining canal has been removed.

The Herald asked the municipality’s marketing and communications manager, Temba Fezani, when the road will be completed, but received no feedback by printing time.