A thick stench fills the air, there is no proper sewage system in the South African township of Themba Khoza - heavy floods have destroyed all the make-shift drains and bacteria infected water is flowing through the tiny pathways between the shacks. Eight of the country's nine provinces have been declared disaster areas after floods killed more than 120 people. Residents of the informal settlement north of Johannesburg are bracing themselves for more floods. The settlement is home to more than 2,000 people - many of the houses here are built near a river, the Kaalfontein. The river burst its banks last week, flooding many shacks in the process. Tharafosa Molapo, 92, is hard at work, trying to build a sand barrier around his home. The old man is frail but he says he needs to do this to prevent further damage to the home he shares with his wife. "We cannot sleep when it is rains, because we need to remove the water from our houses," he says. "I have been up f...
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