Neither Johannesburg Water nor the National Institute for Communicable Diseases has reported a recent cholera outbreak. In ...

As many regions across South Africa, including the City of Johannesburg and eThekwini, continue to grapple with significant ...

The water samples that AfriForum and Save Ngwathe took from the Vaal River at Parys on Tuesday tested positive for cholera. An accredited laboratory took water samples at different locations in this ...

The Vaal Dam achieved a significant milestone on Friday as water levels reached exactly 100% capacity, marking the first time the reservoir has been completely full since 2023. This development ...

Cup runneth over: Minister of Water and Sanitation, Pemmy Majodina, recently reassured the public the Vaal Dam's sluice gates are working. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is ...

Despite the Vaal Dam being filled to capacity, many Gauteng communities still battle dry taps daily.Extended maintenance on ...

"The Vaal Dam has eight valves in total that are used for river releases. On normal day-to-day releases, [it uses two valves ranging from 16.8 mᵌ/s to 17.6 mᵌ/s], in order to keep a natural ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) says it is actively monitoring inflow water levels at Vaal Dam amid torrential rains to ensure full storage capacity and safety of infrastructure.In a ...

The Vaal Dam, boosted by above-average rainfall, surged past more than 97.8% on Wednesday and is now almost full. The dam, which has an additional flood-absorption capacity of 26%, is being ...

While cholera may have been killing people as far back as 400 B.C., it didn't start affecting the Americas until the second cholera pandemic began in 1829. Numerous other cholera pandemics ...