Vaal River System
latest news & developments
Dada Morero: Joburg is facing a severe water crisis
The executive mayor blamed drought but water experts say the city’s reservoir levels are ‘leaking to critical thresholds’
How the new Northern Drakensberg Nature Reserve is transforming conservation in South Africa
The reserve connects the Maluti Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area to southern grazing lands. Conservationists hope there will soon be a continuous protected area
Sluice gates opened as Vaal Dam reaches maximum capacity
Farmers have been warned to move equipment and to avoid crossing flooded low lying bridges.
‘People the same as pigs’ in the Vaal
The water and sanitation department has taken over the clean-up project while sewage continues to pollute the Vaal River and Emfuleni municipality