Never mind dodging potholes, We Love Bloem chose a different route, fixing the problems. Thanks to this community, over 50 potholes saw the end of the road.
Bloemfontein, South Africa (29 April 2025) — While most of us would be forgiven for dodging potholes, a community in Bloemfontein chose a different route—fixing the problems. Thanks to We Love Bloem, more than 50 potholes have been repaired to the relief of drivers everywhere.
Love Mangaung (We Love Bloem) is a newbie within the Love Cities Network who has wasted no time in rallying people to roll up their sleeves. Whether it’s been reclaiming their roads from a storm of potholes or getting involved in a neighbourhood clean-up, this is a group to learn from!
The Love Cities movement is a powerful non-profit initiative founded by Matt Hogarty, who also started Love Howick NPC. Observing Love Howick’s success over the years, it only made sense to make the circle bigger and spread the love further to other parts of South Africa. To this point, Love Cities now has partners all over the country and acts as their lighthouse for guidance in rebuilding their cities, inspiring active citizenship and, ultimately, seeing possibilities where others see only problems.
The storm of more than 50 potholes conquered on 26 April is a testament to what Love Cities stands for and has certainly given the people of Bloem over 50 reasons to be inspired by the power of people coming together.
Meanwhile, in more news, where potholes saw the last of their reign of havoc, people in Bedfordview are being encouraged to adopt potholes.
Through non-profit Better Bedfordview (who have repaired over 847 potholes since their launch in 2022), people can adopt a pothole of their choice, make a donation to the organisation that will do something about it, and ultimately make their suburb a better place to be.
You can find out more about We Love Bloem here and Better Bedfordview here.
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