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The once-affluent suburb in South Africa where sewage now floods the streets | SA News

 ·22 Nov 2025

The Randburg suburbs of Windsor, Windsor East and Windsor West have deteriorated over the decades, going from an affluent family suburb to a hub for drug use, overflowing with sewage that is largely ignored by city management. 

The neighbourhood is currently flooded with sewage, a common and recurring occurrence. The latest instance of this problem began on 27 October.

Sewage gushes onto Republic Road, a main arterial Johannesburg road, creating what Ward 98 Councillor Beverley Jacobs describes as “craters”, not just potholes. 

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