JOHANNESBURG - The Department of Water and Sanitation is opening four more sluice gates at the Vaal Dam. The dam is currently ...

Amid rising water levels at the Vaal Dam due to heavy inflows, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has opened all ...

In its latest update issued on Tuesday, DWS confirmed that two sluice gates remain open at the Vaal Dam to maintain a ...

Health authorities have raised alarm over cholera outbreak in Kakuma and Kalokol towns in Turkana County. Cholera outbreaks ...

FILE: The Department of Water and Sanitation opened a sluice gate at the Vaal Dam on 6 April 2025 after water levels surged due to persistent rain. Picture: @DWS_RSA/X JOHANNEBURG - Communities ...

The Vaal Dam’s water level has risen to 115.57% capacity, but authorities are maintaining just five open sluice gates, signalling improved management compared to previous flooding events.

Water and Sanitation Minister, Pemmy Majodina, has urged residents residing along the floodlines of the Vaal River to evacuate the area and those who have already relocated not to return to their ...

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 Vaal dam’s water storage levels increased from 107.82% to 109.39% overnight by Sunday, and increased again to 111.11% by Monday morning, amid the continuous high inflow of water at 1 002.25 ...

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 ...

Kenya's government urged vigilance on Wednesday as it tackles a cholera outbreak that has killed at least five people, a health ministry official said. Cholera is an acute intestinal infection ...