Residents repair pothole in Theresa Park

Residents of Theresa Park in the north of Pretoria spent their public holiday on Wednesday repairing a pothole in their neighbourhood.

“Today, we celebrate Freedom Day together, as neighbours,” said one of the residents, Juliette Claassen (56).

“It is quite a busy road, that carries a lot of traffic, and because the metro has not yet been able to assist us in repairing the hole, we as residents got together to see if we could do anything about it on our own,” Claassen said.

“We have for a couple of years all made monthly contributions to save enough money to repair the huge sinkhole at the roundabout on the corner of Leopard and Waterbok streets in the vicinity of the Sasol garage, Theresa Park.”

Claassen said all those that assisted live in Lama Street. “I appreciate all the help “to make this road safe for all road users in the area”.

“One of the residents, Jeffery Ramodumo, has previously attempted to repair the hole and filled it up.

“It has, however, only gotten bigger and deeper because of the heavy rains we have had, and also because of the high volume traffic that uses it.”

She said Ramodumo also came to fill the hole once again on Wednesday.

“Another resident, Percy van Zyl, assisted us with providing the raw material that we used to repair the hole.”

Claassen said the pothole caused damage to many vehicles’ tyres.

“What made it so dangerous, was that one could simply not miss it, especially when one had to turn into Leopard Street.”

Claassen thanked all those that assisted.

“This is not for us, but our community and our area. We are proud to be South African,” she said.

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