It was opened after water levels reached 109-percent. At the same time, several towns in the North West saw localised flooding after heavy downpours over the last few days. eNCA's Slindelo ...

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.

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 ...

On Sunday, the Department of Water and Sanitation opened a fifth sluice gate at the Vaal Dam after water levels rose to 106%. On Sunday, 6 April 2025, the Department of Water and Sanitation opened ...

Residents were advised that 'valuable equipment, movable infrastructure, and livestock should be removed from the flood zone' to reduce potential losses from the anticipated flooding. The ...

Five sluice gates at the Vaal Dam are seen open, 5 January 2022. The opening of the sluice gates follows consistent heavy rains over the past few weeks in catchments supporting the Integrated Vaal ...

ORKNEY - When it rains, it pours — and right now, some of South Africa's biggest dams, like the Vaal, are filling up fast.

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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 done so not to return to their homes.

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) says the five sluice gates remain opened at the Vaal Dam, while outflows at Bloemhof Dam are to be increased to manage rising water levels. “Since the ...