Johannesburg - The Vaal Dam, one South Africa's major reservoirs, was 74% full on Tuesday after a low of 34% two weeks ago, the water affairs department said. "The Vaal Dam has reacted brilliantly to ...

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 ...

The Vaal Dam’s water level has risen to 115.57% capacity, but authorities are maintaining just five open sluice gates, signalling improved management compared to previous flooding events.

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 Vaal Dam’s capacity levels took a further plunge according to the Department of Water and Sanitation’s (DWS) latest weekly report. The dam, an essential part of the Integrated Vaal River ...

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 ...

The Vaal River has been officially reopened following months of efforts by officials to remove invasive aquatic weeds and water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes) that had overrun the Vaal River ...

However, eight of them remain open and the dam's capacity has since dropped from 120 to 113 percent. The opening of the gates posed a major threat to communities on the Vaal River banks who were ...