Ikemeleng roads

  Buti Botopela (Ikemeleng)


The danger of busy and high accident roads from town (Rustenburg CBD) and local mining industries to Ikemeleng which has claimed many lives and left several in injured.

·         This busy road has high accident rate and potholes, no road signs, during rain this road became a mad trap for those who try to walk and drive, so the Ikemeleng residents are immobile during rainy days because of this roads.

*I interviewed Mkhulu a resident of Ikemeleng.

I choose him because he is from the informal settlements in Ikemeleng and experience the impact of this road (lack of service delivery) first hand.

Key points from the interview

·         Potholes

·         No road signs

·         Speed humps

·         Traffic robots

·         Death of workers and school children due to accidents

·         No tarred road

·         Free grazing of livestock

I learned/found out that the traffic department knew all this problems concerning the roads and the high accidents rates yearly and has promised road signs in Ikemeleng to create awareness and hopefully decrease the accidents rate.  This busy road has high accidents rate because of speeding cars, potholes, free grazing for livestock, and residents use this roads and end up killed or seriously injured.
Now there is a new contract in Ikemeleng which is working on the roads. Name of the contract to be confirmed.
The joining of the road from Ikemeleng to town (Rustenburg CBD) is high accident zone because it’s a one way road, speedy cars, no road signs, potholes and tree grazing space for livestock.

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