Centurion residents said regular floods in the area not only pose a risk to their safety but also have a devastating effect on the livelihoods
At least six cars were swept away in the area on Saturday – while residents in Eerste Fabriek in Mamelodi were rescued from rooftops after their homes were flooded.
Disaster management officials are on the ground in parts of Tshwane – where overnight rains resulted in local rivers bursting their banks.
Joining several residents who have come to watch the raging waters of the Hennops River – sweeping through Lenchen Avenue in Centurion – Tessa Fernandez said this is the worst of the floods she has seen in the thirty years that she’s lived here.
” We see it flooded but not this bad, this is bad”.
Looking at the Centurion Lake Hotel – which remains closed after floods in 2019 which resulted in the emergency evacuation of guests – Fernandez said at this rate – more jobs could be at stake.
She’s called on the government to improve drainage, and infrastructure along the Hennops River.
” We’ve been fighting this battle for over 10 years now that they have to do something because its purely infrastructure”.
Meanwhile, authorities in other parts of Gauteng – such as Benoni, Bryanston, and Douglasdale remain on high alert following flooding.
-EWN
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