EFF: Shouldn't have taken loss of life to fix Ntuzuma bridge
The Economic Freedom Fighters in eThekwini says the death of a woman whose car plunged into a massive hole in Ntuzuma over Easter could have been prevented.
The party's been reacting to the municipality's announcement that work to repair road P457 will begin soon.
A contractor tasked with reconstructing the R21 million bridge that links Ntuzuma to Inanda and the Bridge City Mall was introduced to the community on Friday.
The project could take up to six months to complete.
The contractor that will be repairing the flood damaged main road, P457 linking Ntuzuma and Inanda was introduced to the community today by MEC for Transport Sipho Hlomuka and eThekwini Mayor Councillor Mxolisi Kaunda.
— eThekwini Municipality (@eThekwiniM) May 5, 2023
The road was damaged during the April floods last year. pic.twitter.com/NyRLQkBVN0
Noxolo Khumalo, a 26-year-old teacher from Johannesburg, drove to Durban to visit her relatives for Easter.
READ: Woman killed after driving into flood-damaged Ntuzuma bridge
She unknowingly drove onto a road that was damaged in last year's floods, her car then plunged into a hole left by a collapsed bridge.
The EFF's eThekwini regional head Themba Mvubu helped the community and Khumalo's family recover her vehicle.
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"It should not have happened this way that someone had to lose their life and then we go there and make noise. We must be able to be proactive.
"That thing happened a year ago and there was nothing that was done. But nevertheless, we are happy that we were able to put necessary pressure for the DOT to then come back and say we are sorting it out."
