{"id":54301,"date":"2023-03-16T14:33:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T12:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/waning-state-a-sad-sight-20230315-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:32:13","slug":"waning-state-a-sad-sight-20230315-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/waning-state-a-sad-sight-20230315-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The deterioration of Welkom is visible and distressing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_fa5808a3\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"There are more than ten major holes in roads, bad \" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8562\/f72904261c004f32adfb61dade786742.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fb6579c0ba8f4a728b01ed92123aa993.jpg\" title=\"There are more than ten major holes in roads, bad road deterioration, and water and sewage leakages visible in Doorn, then Koppie Alleen Road, and down Badenhorst Street adjacent to Naudeville.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">There are more than ten major holes in roads, bad road deterioration, and water and sewage leakages visible in Doorn, then Koppie Alleen Road, and down Badenhorst Street adjacent to Naudeville.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\">Vista<\/span> <span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Marti Will<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Two hours of driving through lower and upper Doorn, then Koppie Alleen Road, and down Badenhorst Street adjacent to Naudeville, reveals more than ten major holes in roads, bad road deterioration, and water and sewage leakages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Church Street there are two bad water leakages that are destroying the road surface, causing deep potholes. 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