Is JRA a bump in the road?

POOR MAINTENANCE: 'FIX THE BROKEN WINDOW'

- Emily Wellman Bain

There are aspects to living in a failing city that some residents will be lucky enough to never face - public health care, policing, and so on.

But there is one incredibly in-your-face aspect, an aspect that cannot be ignored by a single person and in Joburg, that aspect is overseen by Joburg Roads Agency (JRA).

Poorly tarmacked and potholed roads, out-of-order traffic lights, massive dongas left unattended for months and poor road markings have become an unfortunate daily occurrence within the City of Joburg.