According to Department of Water and Sanitation spokesperson Wisane Mavasa, the water levels of the Vaal dam stood at 119.18%, with inflows declining to 1 338.80 m³/s, from the 1 587.34 m 3 /s ...

At Bloemhof dam, water outflows were also increased incrementally from 500 m 3 /s to 800 m 3 /s in anticipation of the measured incoming flows upstream. Bloemhof dam, which had water levels of 106 ...

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 ...

People living along the banks of the Vaal River and in the flood plain have been advised to move as water is released from the Vaal Dam into the river. Water levels in the Vaal dam increased from ...

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 ...

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 department of water and sanitation has taken decisive action to control rising water levels across the Vaal River system, opening sluice gates at both the Grootdraai and Vaal dams. A sluice ...

Vaal Dam's recovery has been swift, with levels climbing from 80.22% on Sunday to 83.45% on Monday, then to 85.73% on Tuesday, and reaching 87.93% on Wednesday. As Vaal Dam water levels rise ...

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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 ...