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Water savings help Cape Town build buffer for summer

Record water savings coupled with recent heavy rains have helped Cape Town build a water buffer for the summer ahead to help the City’s dams recover from the extreme drought. According to the City average water consumption for the past week reached...
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Limpopo roads washed away by the heavy rain

Heavy rains have caused a number of roads to have been washed away in Limpopo. The affected roads and areas include: • The road between Vaalwater and Lephalale.  Motorists are advised to use either the R510 and or R518 when traveling to Lephalale....
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Overflowing dams in Western Cape

The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) in the Western Cape Region is calling on residents and people engaged in assortment of activities near dams and rivers to be cautious as dams, canals and reservoirs in the province are at full capacity due to...

Eastern Cape floods cause chaos

Port Elizabeth’s National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) rescued 76 people and a dog early on Sunday. The alert that the people, who were attending a religious meeting, were stranded upstream of the Swartkops River, cut off from the mainland by...