7 feared dead as Gauteng floods take their toll

Tshwane emergency personnel are searching for the bodies of seven people believed to have been swept away by floods in Centurion.
The Jukskei and Hennops Rivers burst their banks after overnight rain. Emergency rescue officials rescued a woman and her child from the roof of a car after they were swept away by raging waters. The car came to a rest with the boot jammed against a tree, which probably stopped it from being washed into the main flowing area.
A 50 metre palisade fence was pushed flat at Nellmapius Drive.
One golf estate resident told Eyewitness News the river was hundreds of metres wide at one point.
Community safety department spokesperson William Baloyi said the business district in Centurion was affected by the floods, but that the situation was now under control.
"We had to close Lenchen Road North and Lenchen Road South," he said. "But now those routes are open. We are on high alert and we are also monitoring the water levels very carefully."
An injured firefighter was pulled out of the water after he was swept while searching for victims. 
Meanwhile, at least 34 families were evacuated from their homes in the Themba Khoza informal settlement north of Johannesburg after flash floods ripped through the area causing some shacks to cave in. 
Disaster management teams were deployed to assess the damage at the settlement.
Johannesburg emergency services said other teams were deployed to Rabie Ridge, Ebony Park and Kaalfontein near Tembisa.
In the Northern Cape, farmers are starting to count the damage caused by the floods after the emergency wall at the Kakamas Dam broke last week, causing a wave of water pressure to push upstream.
Farmer Hoffie Joubert said, "It's not easy to calculate what the losses are because the water hasn't pulled back," he said. "We have to wait a few days to see exactly what is going on in there."