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‘Death’ Valley
Closed at last Reports and photos of the Georges Valley road crisis by Joe Dreyer
‘We are sitting on a ticking time bomb’ Scan the QR code and see the video on facebook.
The R528 through George’s Valley is officially closed to heavy vehicles as of Wednesday this week. Many vehicles were badly damaged this week after hitting a massive sinkhole. An inspection team determined the
road to be unsafe for use after discovering that the galvanised culvert beneath the road’s surface had lost “structural integrity”. What was believed to be a pothole has now officially been labelled a sinkhole. Motorists
are urged to use alternative routes when travelling. Visit our website for a video on the dangers of this section of the road and browse more images on the imminent collapse of the culvert.
• Read the full story on Page 4, and also see some more photos.
‘Death’ Valley stand-off imminent
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the R528 was officially closed to heavy vehicles the day before, because of a life-threatening sink hole. It is reported that residents of Magoebaskloof removed the road
closure signs the night before and trucks were still using the route. “We were granted permission by Mr Victor Khumalo, the head of Provincial Traffic in Tzaneen to use our own
vehicles to block the road, as the truck drivers were paying no heed to the traffic officers stationed there,” said a member of the George’s Valley Residents Association. “It seems that now the situation has turned into a case of neighbourhood versus neighbourhood.”
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Residents of George’s Valley took matters into their own hands on Thursday (yesterday) morning and blockaded the R528 with their personal vehicles. This was to prevent heavy vehicles from using the route between Tzaneen and Haenertsburg. The move followed after