Following heavy rains during the first week of January 2017, a sinkhole opened up alongside the R31 road between Kuruman and Danielskuil in the Northern Cape. The fissure-like sinkhole was initially 100 m long and appeared to be up to 30 m deep in places. A week later, on the 12th of January 2017, a second heavy down pour opened up the sinkhole further to an extent to 300 m in length and a second depression was noted close to the road, prompting the Department of Roads & Public Works to close the R31. A gravel road detour has since been built around the affected portion of the road. The sight however still attracts the interest of passers-by and motorists who stop to walk along the side and take photos. Were it not for the publicity and the new gravel road around the extended sinkholes the depth and extent thereof would not have been known to most travellers along the road.
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