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

Shade nets in water at Denysville Watersport club in the banks of the Vaal Dam in Salsolburg, Free State, 22 March 2025, after the flooding affected the shade nets. Picture :Nigel Sibanda /The ...

At the Grootdraai dam, in Mpumalanga in the Upper Vaal river catchment and upstream of the Vaal dam, one sluice gate was opened from one metre to 1.5 m to increase the water releases. The dam is ...

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 ...

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 ...

The increased outflows from the Vaal Dam are expected to reach the Vaal Barrage imminently and the Bloemhof Dam in three to four days, potentially causing the riverbanks to overflow. This ...

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 ...