Mavasa highlighted that tributaries such as Suikerboschrand, Klip, and Rietspruit are also contributing to the rising water ...

Despite the Vaal Dam being at more than 100% capacity, Johannesburg and broader Gauteng residents should not expect an end to ...

Recently, water lettuce has invaded one of South Africa's most important rivers, the Vaal River, on the border of the Gauteng and Free State provinces. This has raised huge concerns for local ...

The water level of the Vaal dam has reached 98.99%, with the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), in line with its flood ...

Minister of Water and Sanitation, Pemmy Majodina, recently reassured the public the Vaal Dam's sluice gates are working.

Neither Johannesburg Water nor the National Institute for Communicable Diseases has reported a recent cholera outbreak. In April 2024, Johannesburg Water addressed an old video from 26 May 2023—a clip ...

THE Archæology Survey of the Union of South Africa has recently published a pamphlet entitled "Early Man in the Vaal River Basin"(Archæology Series, No. 6. Pretoria : Government Printer ...

As the water levels of the Vaal dam reach 101.51%, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has reduced the outflow of ...

The Lesotho Highlands Development Agency (LHDA), responsible for maintenance on the Lesotho side, encountered several ...

There are 32 wastewater treatment works located in the Vaal River catchment area draining Gauteng. Collectively they discharge 1,500 million litres per day into the various tributaries of the Vaal.

"These releases, while they are meant to ensure that the dam's capacity stays within the range of 100% - 103% at the current inflow levels, the water flow is insignificant, in that they will not make ...