CAPE TOWN - Residents of an informal settlement in Cape Town have been evacuated after a river burst its banks.
Heavy rain has caused the Eerste River to overflow at Sandvlei in Macassa during the early hours of Saturday morning.
The storm overnight has affected a number of informal settlements including Khayelitsha, Sweethome Farm, Kosovo, Philippi, Wallacedene, Nyanga and Gugulethu.
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