04/09/2026
A Pothole Causes You to Crash. Can You Sue the Government?
Read more: https://www.cskp.co.za/a-pothole-causes-you-to-crash-can-you-sue-the-government
In most cases hitting a pothole results in a damaged tyre or wheel. But for one unfortunate motorcyclist who hit a 60cm behemoth near George, it meant losing a leg.
The High Court held the Department of Infrastructure liable for his damages, finding that the roads authority had failed to detect, repair or warn road users about a dangerous defect it knew, or should have known, about.