Water levels in the Vaal Dam have surged from around 107% just a week ago to a staggering 114% as of April 9. This drastic ...

Civil rights organisation AfriForum has laid a criminal charge against Emfuleni Local Municipal Manager April Ntuli for sewage spillage in the Vaal river. The organisation wants the manager of the ...

Two sluice gates at the Vaal dam remain open, while the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has reduced the outflow at Bloemhof dam. On March 6, the DWS opened the first valves at the Vaal ...

Hartbeesfontein dam after the Vaal Dam water levels reached 112.85% in Dennisville in Free State, 9 April 2025. Klerksdorp and Orkney. Picture:Nigel Sibanda/ The Citizen John Spies reminisces ...

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.

ORKNEY - Authorities are warning those living near the Vaal River to evacuate due to ... the decision to open the dam sluice gates and the municipal response to the floods.

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 JOHANNESBURG - Two sluice gates ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation opened a fifth sluice gate following a rapid rise in water levels in the Vaal Dam. An urgent evacuation order has been issued to residents located close to the ...

The recent heavy rainfall in Gauteng has brought a welcome relief to the province’s water levels, with the Vaal Dam reaching capacity. Ward 56 Clr Michael Crichton, who visited the dam in ...

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 ...