Councillor says that while evacuations have happened, the process is being handled better than the nightmare of 2023.

A man shared how the recent rains has caused water from the Vaal Dam to reach his doorstep. South Africans were amazed and ...

Navigating SA's storms requires a caring, attentive, and collaborative government, but instead, a circus of clowns is ...

NORTH WEST - Evacuations have begun in the North West as Vaal River water levels rise. Many in Klerksdorp and Orkney have ...

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. The ...

downstream of the Vaal Dam and the Bloemhof Dam, to evacuate and move to a safe area. Residents should also remove valuable equipment, movable infrastructure and livestock. “The Vaal Dam ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has urged people who reside within the floodline of the Vaal River downstream of the Vaal Dam and the Bloemhof Dam to evacuate and move safer areas.

Water and Sanitation Department officials have opened the fifth gate at the Vaal Dam, as inflows surge at an alarming rate, taking capacity to 109-percent.

The Department and Water and Sanitation opened one sluice gate at the Vaal Dam on Thursday to increase outflows and manage dam water levels. In a statement on Thursday, the department said one ...

As the water levels of the Vaal dam reach 101.51%, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has reduced the outflow of water from 61.2 cubic metres a second (mᵌ/s) to 40 mᵌ/s as inflows ...

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.