“Because the water is over, in the grass, and through the shade nets, and because the dam is now over 108% when it was 100%, everything was fine. People were still fishing and relaxing in the water, ...

Rising water levels from the overflowing Vaal Dam have wreaked havoc to homes and businesses in low-lying areas.

The Department of Water and Sanitation has advised residents living along the banks of the Vaal River to begin removing ...

Tsoabi says he fishes at various areas within the Vaal Triangle. “I fell in love with fishing at the age of 8, and it has ...

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 (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.

Two sluice gates at the Vaal dam, which currently holds a water level of 110.71%, with inflows of 266.59 cubic metres per second (mᵌ/s), have been closed. Water release at the Bloemhof dam ...

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 ...

Motorists have been urged to be cautious after the opening of the Vaal Dam fifth sluice gate and the issuing of a Yellow Level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall in the Northern ...

Vaal River system update: 6 valves opened at Vaal Dam to increase outflows and manage levels, Bloemhof releases at 400 mɜ/s The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has opened 6 valves at the ...

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 ...

Six valves have been opened at Vaal dam, while the water outflow has been further increased at the Bloemhof dam on Monday. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) said that the six valves ...