Gqeberha, 4 November 2024 – The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) has notified road users that the N2 will be intermittently closed between Makhanda (Grahamstown) and the Fish River Pass due to blasting operations taking place between the 4th and 28th of November 2024.
Blasting operations are planned for the following dates:
- Monday, 4 November 2024
- Thursday, 7 November 2024
- Monday, 11 November 2024
- Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Monday, 18 November 2024
- Thursday, 21 November 2024
- Monday, 25 November 2024
- Thursday, 28 November 2024
The road will be closed on these days from 15h00, for a maximum period of one hour up to 16h00, to allow sufficient time for cleaning the existing N2 and making it safe for the travelling public.
Motorists travelling westwards between East London or Qonce (King William’s Town) and Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) may consider using the following alternative route:
From East London, follow the R72 to Port Alfred and Kenton-on-Sea through to Nanaga, turn left onto the N2 and continue on to Gqeberha.
Motorists travelling eastwards between Gqeberha and Qonce or East London may consider using the following alternative route:
From Gqeberha, follow the N2 to Nanaga, turn right onto the R72 at the junction at Nanaga and travel on via Alexandria and Port Alfred to East London.
From East London, turn left onto the N2 and travel westwards through to Qonce.
“We urge motorists to plan their trips, consider alternative routes and drive carefully. We apologise for any inconvenience,” said Mbulelo Peterson, SANRAL’s Southern Region Manager.

Nickname Master
An retired elderly couple visit London..
They get picked up from the airport in a london black cab and head off into the city for some adventure.
The cab driver say \”where you from guvnor?
Husband. \”we\’re from South Africa\”..
The wife is a little hard of hearing asks her husband.
\”What did he say?\”
The husband turns to his wife and says louder \”the cab driver asked us where we were from, I told him South Africa!\”
The cabbie continues \”I was in the merchant navy years back… I got to drop anchor down your way, a few times in Johannesburg\”
The husband replies \”oh wow that\’s where we\’re from originally, now we\’re in Cape Town.\”
The wife asks the husband again \”what did he say?\”.
The husband again relays the unheard conversation \”the cab driver says he spent some time in the navy and went down to joberg\”.
The wife smiles and nods.
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Archeologists in South Africa have just discoved what they think is the oldest tampon ever found
They are trying to find out what period it came from.