Stay away from Sunninghill!

Update:  IOL reports a man was swept away across the highway in Alex:

Johannesburg Emergency Services on Saturday morning were also searching for a man who was washed away while crossing a pedestrian bridge on 21st Avenue in Alexandra on Friday afternoon.

Spokesman Percy Morokane said he and the bridge were washed away due to heavy rains.

Ellen Chauke, a spokeswoman for Alexandra residents, said the man was the third person to go missing in the river in less than three weeks.

She said many homes on the river banks were flooded in Friday's downpour.

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/joburg-bridge-collapses-in-floods-1.1047523

Update: I popped in there and met a Sunninghill CPF forum and otherwise active community member, Judith Taylor. The Star was also there. These are the first pics to be published. The Star will publish tomorrow.

More pics to follow. The cables are telecom cables which were swept away in the torrent, which crested 3m above normal levels. The bridge did not collapse, and it was the Sandspruit, not the Braamfontein, unless I was at the wrong place, which did not seem likely. It was damaged, though, and there were dozens of Neotel technicians restoring telco connectivity.

http://www.citypress.co.za/SouthAfrica/News/Bridge-collapses-on-Witkoppen-Road-20110326

Bridge collapses on Witkoppen Road
2011-03-26 09:37

A bridge along Witkoppen Road in Johannesburg’s northern suburbs collapsed this morning due to heavy rains, according to metro police.

Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said the bridge crosses over Braamfontein Spruit, which is the longest stream in Johannesburg.

It collapsed between Rivonia Road and Witkoppen Road in Sunninghill at 5am.