The Department of Water and Sanitation has closed two sluice gates at the Vaal Dam as water levels begin to decrease ...

Powerful jets of water continue to shoot out of sluice gates from the Vaal Dam. The release has already left a trail of ...

After torrential rainfall last week, the Department of Water and Sanitation was forced to open five of the dam's sluice gates ...

The Vaal Dam is currently at 110 percent capacity. The Water and Sanitation Department is gradually closing sluice gates.

The controlled releases are part of ongoing dam safety procedures intended to mitigate downstream flooding and preserve the ...

As water levels at the Vaal and Bloemhof dams start to reduce, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has started ...

The authorities are acting swiftly as the dams experience heavy inflows, and the risk of flooding is becoming increasingly ...

Residents were advised that 'valuable equipment, movable infrastructure, and livestock should be removed from the flood zone' ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation has issued an urgent evacuation notice for residents living within the floodline of ...

An urgent evacuation order has been issued for residents living near the Vaal River, including the town of Orkney, after ...

As the water levels of the Vaal dam continue to rise, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will keep all the five ...

“The Vaal Dam continues to rise with water levels at 112.85% and 1 248.11mᵌ/s [cubic metres a second] inflows from the upper ...