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Water and Sanitation Minister, Pemmy Majodina, said the Welbedacht Pipeline Phase 1 project will augment water supply and enhance reliable water provision in Mangaung and surrounding areas. She handed over the project to Vaal Central Water in Bloemfontein on Friday, 27 June 2025. Minister Majodina was accompanied by Deputy Minister of Police, Cassel Mathale, Free State Premier, MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae, Free…
Water levels are rising rapidly in the Vaal Dam as a result of heavy inflows from the upper catchments, as such the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will be opening the fifth sluice gate at 14h30 and the sixth at and 16:00. Therefore, by afternoon, six sluice gates will be open to manage the water inflow of 2056.50 cubic…
The Department of Water and Sanitation has extended the closure of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project water transfer and its delivery tunnels with three more weeks due to maintenance work delays experienced in the Delivery Tunnel South, on the side of Lesotho. The date of the release of water into the tunnel will be announced once the maintenance work…
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is closely monitoring the Vaal Dam which has drastically improved this week, taking a giant leap from last week’s 24.3% to 46.2% yesterday. According to near real time data, the levels have again significantly increased overnight to 50.53%. The Departmental Spokesperson, Ms Wisane Mavasa said the Vaal Dam has, for the past few…
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) tunnel maintenance operations are currently ongoing since the tunnel shutdown on 01 October 2024, until they are are completed on 31 March 2025. One and a half month later, maintenance work is on-going as planned by the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) on the South African side and the Lesotho Highlands Development Agency (LHHDA) in…