{"id":175530,"date":"2018-03-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/175530\/heavy-rains-cause-sinkhole-in-makause\/"},"modified":"2018-03-23T21:05:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T19:05:40","slug":"heavy-rains-cause-sinkhole-in-makause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/03\/23\/heavy-rains-cause-sinkhole-in-makause\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rains cause \u2018sinkhole\u2019 in Makause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The continuous heavy rain residents of Ekurhuleni have been experiencing in the past three days has badly affected many communities in the metro, Makause informal settlement being one of them.<\/p>\n<p>Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS) responded to a call to investigate a \u2018sinkhole\u2019 in the area yesterday afternoon.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/175459\/dems-warns-communities-alert-wet-weather\/\" target=\"_blank\">DEMS warns communities to be on alert in wet weather<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cWe visited the area yesterday afternoon and we identified a hole in the area, but it is not a sinkhole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSix shacks situated near the hole were mildly affected by the shift, but residents of those shacks refused to be relocated to a place of safety yesterday.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHowever, we have organised a team from the department who will speak to the residents and explain the importance of the move to them,\u201d said William Ntladi, the district manager media liaison for DEMS.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>ALSO READ:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/136627\/tips-to-help-you-prepare-for-severe-weather\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tips to help you prepare for severe weather<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>According to Ntladi, Makause is known to have been a mining ground years ago.<\/p>\n<p>They are still investigating the size of the hole and the damage it caused.<\/p>\n<p>DEMS has been checking in on the community and monitoring its safety since yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Further information will be communicated as soon as it becomes available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za\" 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