SAY WHAT?! A pothole so big that residents plant a tree in it

08 March 2016 - 12:08
By Zisanda Nkonkobe

A pothole in East London was so deep that residents were able to fit a medium-sized tree into it‚ in an effort to fill it up and warn motorists of the danger.Irate residents of Gonubie said the suburb's potholes were so deep they called them “craters” and the one situated on the corner of 5th Street and 16th Avenue‚ in which the tree was planted‚ was particularly bad.

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