The Road Agency Limpopo (RAL), the responsible authority for the busy R522 road between Louis Trichardt and Vivo, has come under severe criticism over the past few months for the snail's pace at which preventative maintenance is taking place. In mid-April this year, large parts of the road's surface were completely removed, turning sections into a deadly dirt-road deathtrap.
Several frequent road users the newspaper spoke to in the past two weeks indicated that the poor condition of th...