The owner of a popular eatery in the small town Bloemhof, situated on a bank of the Vaal River in the North West, says the latest floods are the worst of five since early last year.
Sias Meyer had to evacuate his restaurant and lodge Plek vanni Visarend on Friday after the dam's sluice gates were opened due to heavy rains.
“At least 80 houses are under water, people have been evacuating and some had to temporarily close down businesses. Last year we experienced four floods but this one is the worst. “We evacuated. We can’t see our property because it is under water. Government should be helping but they are not. They are the ones who caused the floods because they did not open the gates on time,” said Meyer.
The national department of water and sanitation said the sluice gates remained open on Sunday, and outflow at the Bloemhof Dam has been increased to 3,000 cubic metres per second.
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