Mzansi Left Laughing Out Loud Over Photo of Oddly Constructed Stormwater Drain: “Tender Corruption”
- Popular social media user @kulanicool shared an image of a strangely constructed drain on his Twitter feed
- The photo shows a stormwater drain with a raised concrete barrier surrounding it, defeating its primary purpose as a water catchment system
- Kulani ridiculed that it was constructed in Mafikeng and his followers responded with funny comments on the post
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Mzansi online users can make a joke out of just about anything – even a stormwater drain! This is after popular social media user @kulanicool shared an image of a strangely constructed drain on his Twitter account recently.
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The image shows a stormwater drain with a raised concrete barrier surrounding it, defeating the purpose of functioning as infrastructure designed to effectively drain excess rain and groundwater from impervious surfaces such as paved streets, car parks, and parking lots. He jokingly captioned the post:
“Definitely Mafikeng.”
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His online friends flocked in on the post with responses of banter and humour.
@Mfannenzo replied:
“Umsebenzi womuntu onebhabhalazi.”
@Mosilahead commented:
“Tender corruption, I'm sure this was done by a catering company.”
@NMS_NGOBENI reacted:
“ANC.”
@TanceLife wrote:
“In theory it’s supposed to work but in reality not so much, they put cement to block soil from closing that opening... The water above the moving soil get in with ease.”
@daly1_dineo said:
“My home town.”
@Tshepo47188644 reacted:
“Yoh hebanna? I thought I have seen it all mara this?”
@NAZEEM_G8 commented:
“iTender yase tarven.”
South Africans say a Gauteng man is lucky to be alive, rescued from stormwater drain after 18 hours
In a separate story, Briefly News previously reported that after 18 agonising hours of being trapped in a stormwater drain, a 56-year-old man was finally set free on Monday, 7 February.
The unsuspecting man had been walking late at night in tall grass near N12 freeway just before the Voortrekker Road off-ramp in Alberton, Gauteng on late Sunday night when he fell into the drain.
According to the City of Ekurhuleni Emergency Services spokesperson William Ntladi, the unfortunate accident took place at approximately 10pm.
Ntladi says the authorities were only alerted on Monday afternoon after a passerby heard the trapped man calling out for assistance.
Source: Briefly News
