Hair-raising trip offers breathtaking views
Anenous Pass is tarred and comfortably cambered, a long way from the harsh gravel of 1955
24 January 2024 - 05:00
The lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills may have been Alan Paton’s favourite route, but it’s just one of many in SA. No wonder we, like the Americans, are a nation of road-trippers.
Oh, we have some dull roads. The stretch between Villiers and Warden on the N3 linking Durban and Johannesburg is pure tarred tedium. And most of the roads in the North West are so poorly maintained that they provide few pleasures of travel; some have even been taken over by the locals because the repairs are beyond the competence — or finances — of the provincial authorities...
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