The European dam-builders may have departed, but they left behind a monumental piece of dam architecture in the form of Gariep, South Africa’s biggest stored water resource.

The Gariep Dam has been well over 100% full for several months now, with more water on its way. Here’s the story of this remarkable dam, right in the middle of the country.

Bloemfontein - It’s a little-known fact to many people that Gariep Dam is the largest man-made dam in South Africa and the second largest on the African continent. It’s also a little-known ...