The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is preparing for the imminent release of water from the Pongolapoort Dam in ...

DURBAN - KwaZulu-Natal’s Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) has warned residents near Nagle Dam of possible flooding due to planned testing of flood gates by ...

Residents living downstream from the Nagle Dam were ordered to evacuate their properties on Wednesday, 5 March 2025, as ...

One municipality regularly exceeds its water allocation limit yet it received top marks for water management from the water ...

The decision to release water underscores the department’s commitment to maintaining dam safety and preventing potential ...

have risen due to heavy rains in parts of KwaZulu-Natal. The Hazelmere Dam at 102% is overflowing into the uMdloti River while the Mvutshane Dam currently stands at 84% of its total capacity.

KZN Cooperative Governance MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi has issued a safety alert for communities living near Nagle Dam.

Further inland, Amathole District Municipality currently over-extracts from several surface water sources, taking double its daily three-million litres allowance from dams on the Stutterheim scheme.

One municipality regularly exceeds its water allocation limit, yet it received top marks for water management from the Water ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is preparing for the imminent release of water from the Pongolapoort Dam in Jozini, northern KwaZulu-Natal.

taking double its daily three-million litres allowance from dams on the Stutterheim scheme. In KwaZulu-Natal, uMngeni-Uthukela Water is licensed to take 470 000-megalitres a year from the uMngeni ...