Residents living along the Vaal riverbanks are picking up the pieces of their lives. They have to deal with the river's high levels and possible flooding following the opening of 10 sluice gates at ...

Havoc erupts in the Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality in Bloemhof, North West province. Flooding in areas close to the Vaal River has negatively impacted about 130 households. Seven sluice gates at the ...

The Vaal Dam's third sluice gate has been reopened amid high inflows due to the continued heavy rainfall in the upper catchment. The third sluice gate was reopened on Wednesday at 4pm to manage ...

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 ...

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. FILE ...

The increased outflows from the Vaal Dam are expected to reach the Vaal Barrage imminently and the Bloemhof Dam in three to four days, potentially causing the riverbanks to overflow. This ...

eNCA's Slindelo Masikane and Bafedile Moerane spoke with stakeholders about the decision to open the dam sluice gates and the municipal response to the floods.

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 ...

With the Vaal Dam water levels at 107.30%, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has opened a third sluice gate at the dam to increase water outflows and manage the increase of inflows.

The Vaal Marina Police together with the Free State SAPS diving Unit conducted an illegal fishing operation at the UJ grounds and Boschkop Farm ... out from the Vaal Dam by illegal fishing.

On the same day, Ekurhuleni members attended an all-day operation for a complaint about illegal fishing nets at Boschkop, Vaal Dam, with the Vaal Marina SAPS and the Green Scorpions.

The Vaal River Anti-Pollution Forum, to be launched on Thursday, will be a non-statutory forum, including various stakeholders with a particular focus on stakeholders that are directly affected by ...