An increasingly problematic situation with regard to heavy traffic congestions and the lack of working traffic lights has reached new heights on the R24 in recent weeks. In addition to the looting of lamp posts, streetlights and electrical substations, looters seem to have discovered the lucrative spinoff in the stripping of four-way traffic light systems, causing havoc during early morning, mid afternoon and late afternoon peak hours.
The question is - will President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that load shedding could be a thing of the past soon come too late or to no avail? (Also see our Viewpoint on page 21 of this edition. Photograph: Waldie Volschenk).
