Vaal river
SAHRC recommends that Cabinet intervenes in Vaal sewage ‘crisis’
The inquiry into the sewage crisis in the Vaal has found the Emfuleni Local Municipality flouted it's constitutional duties by allowing people to live in...
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SAHRC probe finds Vaal River pollution violated several constitutional rights
The Human Rights Commission has released the findings of its investigation into the sewage crisis facing the Vaal District.
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High rainfall in inland provinces will help them survive dry winter season - DWS
The persistent rainfall over the past two weeks has seen positive results, ensuring that dam levels in the county’s largest water system, the Vaal River system, were in a good way.
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Vaal Dam levels increase to over 33% following recent rainfall
The levels had dropped to a record low of just over 29% at the end of last month with the dam affected by a combination of heatwaves and a lack of continuous rainfall in the Vaal Dam's catchment areas.
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Water shortages & no electricity: Evaton residents lament lack of services
The municipality’s financial problems have brought service delivery in communities in the Vaal to its knees.
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A year after SANDF intervention in Vaal, residents see no change in services
Some residents of Sebokeng in the embattled Emfuleni Local Municipality are now threatening to stay away from Wednesday’s by-elections after having to go without water for several days.
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Probe under way into Vaal River tragedy that claimed 5 lives
Five people drowned on Saturday when the boat they were in capsized near Spider Valley.
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Search for 4 missing passengers of capsized Vaal River boat under way
One body was recovered from the river bank while four others are still missing.
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1 dead, 4 missing after boat capsizes on Vaal River
It is understood that a boat carrying seven people capsized on the river near Spider Valley on Saturday.
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Water Dept expects to reduce pollution in Vaal River within next 3 years
Pollution and sewage have been affecting the Vaal River for years now.
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Mabuza says over R1bn needed for Vaal River pollution crisis
Deputy President David Mabuza was responding to oral questions in the National Council of Provinces this afternoon.
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Tshwane water situation not dire, it's under control, says Utility Services MMC
Last week, the city appealed to residents in areas, including Laudium and Atteridgeville, to use water sparingly after Rand Water reduced supply in Gauteng as a result of rapidly declining levels in the Vaal Dam.
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Gauteng dam levels expected to drop ahead of heatwave
The Water and Sanitation Department is concerned about levels which it said were plummeting weekly.
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Gauteng hopes for rain to increase dam levels
The Department of Water and Sanitation said dam levels in the Vaal River was much lower than they were the same time last year.
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Mabuza disappointed by progress at Sebokeng wastewater plant
Deputy President David Mabuza visited the Sebokeng Wastewater Treatment Facility, which is part of the Vaal River Rehabilitation Project, on Thursday.
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Mabuza ‘disappointed’ with slow progress made to clean up Vaal River
This was part of the Vaal River Rehabilitation Project, which kicked off last year after the river was polluted by raw sewage from pump stations in the Emfuleni Municipality.
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Save the Vaal obtains interdict to force govt to act on Vaal River pollution
The interdict forms part of an existing one which requires the Emfuleni Municipality to prevent raw or partially treated sewage from entering the river.
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Bodies of toddler, chained man discovered in Northern Cape rivers
Police first discovered the body of a two-year-old toddler in the Vaal River and later found the body of a man floating in the Harts River on Thursday.
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Gugile Nkwinti teams up with othe sectors for Vaal River Rehabilitation Project
Yesterday, Nkwinti and an inter-governmental task team including Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula visited the area.
