With showers pouring in most parts of Johannesburg, the city’s Emergency Services said officials have been sent out to flood-prone areas.
Authorities are also warning motorists to avoid driving on flooded streets due to the occasional downpours.
The South African Weather Service had issued an alert for severe thunderstorms across the province on Sunday afternoon.
Joburg EMS spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi said: “We remain on high alert Our disaster management centre is fully operational. We’ve got pour disaster management monitoring team in all the regions of the city and should be able to respond to an emergency.”
-EWN
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Raphael Griffiths who is popularly known as Vusi, a role he played for five years on Muvhango has revealed that he was afraid to speak about his heritage because he was petrified of xenophobic South Africans.
” Yes, I am half Zambian. My dad is Zambian. He is from Kitwe. Some of my family is still there in Zambia. Some have married guys from Botswana, some are married to Namibians, and some are married to Zimbabweans, others to Malawians. Learn More
