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Business owners in Bethlehem, Free State, have expressed concern about the town’s poor drainage system. It is said to be a contributing factor to flooding whenever it rains.

Image: PixarbayBusiness owners in Bethlehem, Free State, have expressed concern about the town’s poor drainage system.Following the town’s flash floods, some business owners spent the majority of the day cleaning the mud and water from their establishments.Business premises and stores have been affected by the incessant rain. Some retailers could not trade as their stores were still wet.

“The drains are not been cared of and they are not cleaned at all. So all the water dams are up, no space where the water goes and all the water just dams up in front of all the shops here an cause a big problem when there’s a lot of water goes into the shops and mud everywhere,” says one business owner.

The Dihlabeng Municipality says it has prepared for the worse. Municipal spokesperson, Tshediso Maitse, says the Municipality is on standby to assist those affected by the heavy rain.

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It's done deliberately so that they can scream 'climate change'

Same here in Delft, Cape Town...on going for 7 yrs. 😥

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Business owners say poor drainage system is to blame for flooding in Bethlehem City centre - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.Business owners in Bethlehem, Free State, have expressed concern about the town’s poor drainage system. It is said to be a contributing factor to flooding whenever it rains. Same here in Delft, Cape Town...on going for 7 yrs. 😥 It's done deliberately so that they can scream 'climate change'
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