The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) reports that the Vaal Dam and the broader Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS) continue to perform strongly, maintaining stability in line with the latest ...

Four men survived a terrifying ordeal at the Grootdraai Dam in Mpumalanga after their boat became stuck on the brink of a 40-meter drop on December 30, 2025. The post was shared on Facebook by the ...

These are the desperate scenes of four men clinging onto a stranded boat as it hangs off the edge of a dam spillway near the town of Standerton, in the South African province of Mpumalanga, before ...

The Vaal Dam remained above full capacity on Tuesday, 30 December 2025, with the dam now around 80 percent points fuller than it was last year. According to the latest data, the Vaal Dam was recorded ...

Four men trapped in their ski-boat that was hovering at the edge of the Grootdraai Dam spillway in Standerton, Mpumalanga, have been safely rescued. According to the National Sea Rescue Institute ...

Four men clinging onto their ski-boat at the edge of the Grootdraai Dam spillway were brought to safety in a dramatic rescue operation on Monday. NSRI Witbank and NSRI Gauteng duty crews were ...

A potentially fatal boating incident at the Grootdraai Dam near Standerton was narrowly avoided on Monday, 29 December 2025. Emergency services prevented a ski-boat from being swept over a 40-metre ...

Four people are currently trapped in a small motorboat on Grootdraai Dam, the incident was reported at around 19:15 tonight (December 29). According to eyewitnesses, the four people were seen clinging ...

Applied climatologist Dr Peter Johnston says new estimates indicate that Cape Town’s dam levels could drop to around 30% by April. Currently, the city’s dams are 73.7% full, but high consumption and ...