Water levels at the Vaal Dam have continued to rise, and were sitting at nearly 113% of capacity on Tuesday, according to the department of water and sanitation. It has advised people living ...

Floods at Hartbeesfontein dam after the Vaal Dam water levels reached 112.85 ... while maintaining necessary water reserves. “From my point of view, DWS had managed the level and flows very ...

Minister of Water and Sanitation Pemmy Majodina has urged churches to refrain from performing rituals and baptisms near the Vaal River due to rising water that can result in them being washed away.

Residents in Deneysville in the Free State are battling rising water levels, despite government’s assurances that the worst of the Vaal Dam flooding is over. The Witness reports that a warning ...

On Wednesday, the Water and Sanitation Minister, Pemmy Majodina, visited the Vaal Dam to assess the water resource infrastructure amid heavy inflows into the dam due to heavy rainfall. The ...

People living along the banks of the Vaal River and in the flood plain have been advised to move as water is released from the Vaal Dam into the river. Water levels in the Vaal dam increased from ...

On Sunday, 6 April 2025, the Department of Water and Sanitation opened a fifth sluice gate at the Vaal Dam after water levels rose to 106%. Picture: Simphiwe Nkosi/EWN. JOHANNESBURG - The Water ...

The Vaal Dam crisis has turned into a perfect storm of disruption as water levels surge to a dangerous 114%, threatening riverside businesses with financial ruin, forcing evacuations from low ...

Since they posed a risk to both themselves and the dam, they were supposed to be arrested. eNCA reporter Bafedile Moerane files this report.

aiming to integrate the institutions of the Kurdish autonomous administration into the national government. The dam was a key battleground in Syria's civil war that broke out in 2011, falling ...