Floods at Hartbeesfontein dam after the Vaal Dam water levels reached 112.85% in Dennisville in Free State, 9 April 2025. Evacuations begun in the North West as Vaal River water levels rise.

The Vaal Dam has experienced a slight decrease in water levels following the strategic opening of multiple valves on Monday, according to the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). As of ...

Water and Sanitation Department officials have opened the fifth gate at the Vaal Dam, as inflows surge at an alarming rate, taking capacity to 109-percent.

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has urged people who reside within the floodline of the Vaal River downstream of the Vaal Dam and the Bloemhof Dam to evacuate and move safer areas.

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 ...

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 ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation opened a fifth sluice gate following a rapid rise in water levels in the Vaal Dam. An urgent evacuation order has been issued to residents located close to the ...

JOHANNESBURG - The Department of Water and Sanitation on Saturday morning opened a fourth sluice gate at the Vaal Dam as a result of the ongoing rainfall to manage water levels at the dam.

The Department and Water and Sanitation opened one sluice gate at the Vaal Dam on Thursday to increase outflows and manage dam water levels. In a statement on Thursday, the department said one ...

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 ...