The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) is calling on the South African Human Rights Commission to further investigate the Sedibeng Regional Sanitation Scheme. The organisation made a written submission to the SAHRC’s inquiry into the pollution...
Technical teams from the South African National Defence Force have started the technical work in the Vaal on Monday. The soldiers have been deployed to help rehabilitate dysfunctional water pumps that have polluted the Vaal River system. SABC...
Engineers from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) are expected to start cleaning the polluted Vaal River this week. This comes after the SANDF conducted an extensive assessment on the extent of pollution in the Vaal River System...
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has deployed technical teams to help restore infrastructure at the polluted Vaal River system caused by raw sewage flowing into the river from defective pump stations in the Emfuleni Municipality....
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is calling on members of the Vaal community and surrounding areas to make written submissions to fully address the issues for investigation. This comes after SAHRC conducted a site inspection of the...
While residents have been advised not to drink water from the Vaal River due to pollution officials say various levels of government are tackling the crisis. But how did we get to this point? Environmental adviser, Doctor Anthony Turton, joins eNCA...
The South African Human Rights Commission is conducting an inspection at the Vaal Dam following allegations that approximately 150 ML of raw sewage is flowing into the Rietspruit and Vaal rivers daily. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS)...
The Department of Water and Sanitation says the results on water samples taken for analysis from the Vaal River are still pending. The department was promoted to conduct the analysis following increasing calls of fish kills in the Vaal River,...
Dam levels in the Northern Cape continue to drop due to the persistent drought. The Orange River is currently at 64 percent and the Vaal River at 85 percent – but decreasing weekly. Meanwhile the Karee Dam in Calvinia remains at 0 percent....
