Vaal River
latest news & developments
Parliament intensifies scrutiny of Sasol
Parliament’s portfolio committee on forestry, fisheries and environment is widening its oversight into Sasol after receiving protected disclosures from environmental…
Criticism of Rand Water’s Zanzibar investment is misguided
AfriForum cannot, on one hand, criticise state-owned entities for their perpetual reliance on bailouts and on the other hand, also criticise them when they engage in secondary…
Pollution threatens vital waterway
From stormwater and sewage to degraded wetlands, the Klip River’s decline highlights the urgent need for infrastructure repairs and ecological restoration, scientists warn
Evacuation warnings as Vaal, Bloemhof dam levels continue to rise
Department of water and sanitation urges those living within the floodline to move to safe areas
Invasive weeds cleared from Vaal River through community-government collaboration
This was achieved through a partnership involving the Vaal community, Rand Water, Rhodes University’s Centre for Biological Control, the water and sanitation department and the…
Powerful insect army reduces water hyacinth on Hartbeespoort Dam to 2.5%
The tiny planthoppers are biological control agents and natural enemies of the world’s worst aquatic weed
State sets up task team to advise on water lettuce clogging Vaal River
The team ‘has to be in it for the long haul’ and the sewage in the water, which feeds the alien aquatic plants, must be dealt with
Spraying toxic herbicide on Vaal River to rid it of water lettuce ‘is criminal’
Water specialists have said the use of glyphosate is in contravention of the National Water Act and is a risk for humans and toxic for aquatic life
Vaal River residents say water lettuce is ‘national crisis’
If allowed to pass the Vaal River Barrage, the plant has access to a journey of about 1 000km of the middle and lower Vaal river, the Bloemhof Dam and then into the Orange river
NGO wins court order against ministers to stop Vaal River sewage pollution
Senzo Mchunu must provide an affidavit in 45 court days stating what has been done to deal with the problem
How safe from cholera and harmful bacteria is our water?
Experts say cholera is unlikely to end up in tap water. But for how long will it be germ-free, with half of SA’s water treatment plants struggling due to load-shedding?
Traces of cholera detected in Vaal River
Water expert says this does not come as a shock as there are several places where raw sewage flows into the the river
Government has known about Hammanskraal time bomb for over a decade – OUTA
The problems date back to about 2008, when large quantities of raw sewage began flowing into the Apies River from the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Works in Tshwane
Millions in fines if Sasol is found guilty of polluting the Vaal River system
State’s charge sheet fires six counts of environmental infractions at energy giant
Sasol in the dock for environmental degradation at Secunda, polluting the Vaal River
The criminal case relates to a complaint brought by a former Sasol employee-turned-whistleblower, Ian Erasmus