Underground water is seeping through the roads and causing huge sinkholes and flooding into neighbouring properties.
Affected residents are facing costs of thousands of rand to install special drainage systems because the Joburg Roads Agency (JRA) does not work on private property.
The Star’s Metro Watch has received many complaints about underground water bubbling through road surfaces and properties across the city.
The JRA has confirmed receiving complaints from suburbs across the city including the northern suburbs of Parkwood, Orange Grove and Houghton, Eldorado Park, Roodepoort, Randburg, Soweto and Lenasia.
It confirmed that the number of complaints over the past 18 months had increased rapidly because of the heavy rain.
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