Road closure on national route

Road closures are scheduled to take place on National Route R61, Section 8, due to controlled blasting for road construction on May 18 (Thursday), according to a statement released by the South African National Roads Agency Limited yesterday.

The road – situated 58.5 kilometres from Mthatha’s Central Business District in the Eastern Cape – will be closed between 14h55 and 15h45.

Stop-and-Go sections will be in place for the section of the road between the Majola Tea turnoff and the small town of Tombo.