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While the City of Johannesburg investigates how a private developer was allowed to build over 100 houses on a wetland in Protea Glen, dozens of homeowners across the city were picking up pieces following a trail of destruction caused by flooding.

A bridge on a major road linking Johannesburg to Krugersdorp in Mogale City partially collapsed on Tuesday due to the heavy rains Gauteng has been experiencing since last week.

The Johannesburg Roads Agency is assessing structural damage to flooded roads in the city after heavy rains which destroyed infrastructure and lives.

On 9 December the ANC National Executive Committee met to discuss the integrity commission's report on Phala Phala.

Despite several shacks being washed away in the devastating floods in the Setswetla informal settlement in Alexandra, Johannesburg, this past week, hundreds of these occupied structures are still lined up along the Jukskei River as residents of the area say they have nowhere else to go.

Heavy rains destroy over 260 structures in S. Africa-

After at least 24 hours without electricity, most lights should be back on in Witpoortjie and Grobler Park in Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg.

Heavy rain across Gauteng has led to a devastating destruction of infrastructure in areas of Johannesburg.

JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A total of 269 structures have been destroyed by heavy rains, and 339 people were affected in South Africa's largest city Johannesburg in the past three days, an official said on Monday.