This comes as hundreds of residents are rebuilding their homes after floods destroyed them earlier this year.

Some residents say roads in their area are unusable.

“Our houses are filling with water again, even our roads. There is no way that you can cross the roads when you drive a car, even when you walk, you can’t cross. There’s lots of water here,” says one resident.

Another adds: “The situation in Deelpan is very bad. Our yards and internal roads are flooded. We’re just wondering what’s going to happen if it rains the whole weekend. Will people go back to the centres?”

Meanwhile, Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs spokesperson Tsholofelo Mathibedi says they are monitoring many areas that the recent rains have affected, including Deelpan.

“The Department of Public Works has provided TLB (translation lookaside buffer) to be used for water channelling. The Disaster Management team continues to do the assessment and the departments can be contacted for possible interventions. The Ngaka Modiri Molema and Disaster Management Centre will continue conducting assessments and observing conditions in the affected area throughout this week as more rain is expected,” says Mathibedi.

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