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Vaal Dam water levels remain above 100% for nearly a year

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Senteeko Dam still at risk of collapse as emergency interventions continue

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Residents living downstream Seenteko Dam told to evacuate as department warns of ‘imminent failure’ [VIDEO]

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Plans to save ‘collapsing’ Senteeko Dam hits a snag [VIDEO]

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Cape Town dam levels drop to 64.8% as weekly decline continues

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Knysna dam levels make an encouraging turn amid ongoing water crisis

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R20m promised to relieve water crisis in Knysna

South Africa

Rainfall season boosts South African dam levels as most rise above 100%

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Vaal Dam water levels surge above capacity amid heavy summer rains

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Here’s how full the Vaal Dam will be at the close of 2025

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Hartbeespoort land audit nears completion as DWS rejects claims of systemic racism

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Hartbeespoort Dam lease complainants call for ‘superficial’ SAHRC report to be set aside

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Vaal Dam levels decline this week, could drop below 100% for first time since March

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Over one million South African households lack access to clean drinking water

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Municipal failures laid bare as AGSA reports R2.32bn water tanker expenditure

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10 sluice gates open at Vaal Dam as water levels rise rapidly

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City of Tshwane says ‘there’s no need for alarm’ about sewage in Pretoria’s Rietvlei Dam

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The dam update: Where Cape Town’s water levels stand this week

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Crisis averted at the Vaal Dam

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Joburg Water’s R4bn sits on paper, not in the bank, as sweeping arrangement threatens critical infrastructure

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Cape Town’s dam levels drop as water demand increases

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Emfuleni water crisis: New agreement ‘not a bailout’

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‘This is the tip of the iceberg’: Motsoaledi vows more seizures in Tembisa Hospital probe

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Dam levels consistently dropping in Cape Town: Here are the recent stats

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Vaal Dam levels take a dip as rainy season arrives

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SIU investigation into water projects deepens

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Vaal in a slump: Here’s what level the dam stands at this week

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Jagersfontein dam collapse: Suspects to face the music next week

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Vaal Dam remains above capacity as La Niña season approaches

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How SA’s Lesotho water project costs ballooned from R8bn to R53bn

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‘Below-normal’ winter rainfall: Current levels of SA’s largest and most popular dams

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Reasons given for incomplete eradication of 10 000 bucket toilets