Vaal Dam's recovery has been swift, with levels climbing from 80.22% on Sunday to 83.45% on Monday, then to 85.73% on Tuesday, and reaching 87.93% on Wednesday. As Vaal Dam water levels rise ...

As dam levels surge due to persistent heavy inflows, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has ramped up efforts to manage water levels at key reservoirs to prevent potential flooding and ...

The latest information reveals the severity of the situation, with the Vaal Dam reaching 120.69% capacity as of Monday. Residents in areas along the Vaal River are refusing evacuation orders ...

Bloemhof residents will have to wait for water leaving the Vaal Dam catchment area to flow through to the Bloemhof Dam and make its way downriver.

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.

Johannesburg -The Water Affaairs department plans to begin closing sluice gates at the overflowing Vaal dam on Monday. "There are still only 17 sluice gates open and the plan is to start closing those ...

At Grootdraai dam, the already opened gate has been increased to three metres, owing to the higher inflows of 967.47 m³/s, with a second gate opened to 1 m. The storage level is at 110.08%.

At Bloemhof dam, water outflows were also increased incrementally from 500 m 3 /s to 800 m 3 /s in anticipation of the measured incoming flows upstream. Bloemhof dam, which had water levels of 106 ...

The Vaal Dam's third sluice gate has been reopened amid high inflows due to the continued heavy rainfall in the upper catchment. The third sluice gate was reopened on Wednesday at 4pm to manage ...

Johannesburg - Two roads near the Vaal dam were closed after it burst its banks on Friday, an official said. Upper Vaal area manager Marinus de Wilde said a bridge over the Klip River was flooded.

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 ...