Those communities downstream reliant on the Vaal River for their drinking water, “they do have to be concerned about cholera”, he said. “The answer is a teaspoon of unscented bleach – Jik ...

Vaal River cholera detection: Water & Sanitation Dept cautions residents This follows routine raw water sampling last month, indicating the presence of cholera along Schweizer-Reneke and the ...

Cholera in Vaal River. Water samples taken from the Vaal River have tested positive for cholera, as confirmed by the Envirocare Laboratory. AfriForum commissioned these tests.

AfriForum sounds the alarm for cholera contamination in the Vaal River. The open sluice gates on the Vaal dam wall, 20 February 2023. Picture: Neil McCartney / The Citizen ...

Residents along the Harts and Vaal Rivers in the North West and Northern Cape, from Christiana downstream, have been advised not to drink or come into contact with untreated water from the rivers ...

The third water sample was taken in the Vaal River, approximately 10 metres downstream from a manhole pouring sewage into the river for some time. "It is this very water sample that is contaminated ...

The DA says the detection of cholera in the Vaal River this week and the systematic collapse of water treatment facilities countrywide are symptoms of a looming national crisis. Sunday, June 22 ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on Wednesday cautioned water users along the Vaal and Harts rivers in the North West and the Northern Cape of the presence of cholera. This followed a ...

JOHANNESBURG - AfriForum says it has found both cholera and E-coli in water from the Vaal River. It tested samples from the river and towns nearby. READ: Source of cholera outbreak remains elusive ...

“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 catchment,” department spokesperson Wisane Mavasa said.