Vaal residents prepare to evacuate, again

Opening of the Boating Season, Vaal River 2025 We're so excited!! River Cafe @ Emerald showcasing SA vs NZ game live 09H00 - 11H00 River Launch site open for free launching for boat owners to join the flotilla & official opening Come celebrate the Vaal River with us 🤩 | River Venue & Café

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⛔️FREE-FLOW VAAL RIVER BARRAGE⛔️ Drone footage 29/11/2025 17:35 This is currently by Luciana Country Estate found next to the Barrage wall. Lowest we’ve seen in many years. Information as received: Please ensure the Vaal Barrage is on free flow because the current outflows from Vaal Dam going to the Barrage are too high to safely store or regulate water. By opening only a few gates, it causes a backwater effect thus causing ponding upstream and may place pressure on the structure itself. On free

⚠⚠ VAAL RIVER SYSTEM UPDATE ⚠⚠ Vaal Dam, Free State -109.36% Six sluice gates are opened at the Vaal Dam, with one more opening at 12:00 and another at 14:00, bringing that to 8 opened by this afternoon - Vaal River Rats South Africa Vaal River Barrage discharge 1137.360 cumecs - almost in free flow. STONEHAVEN ON VAAL Grootdraai Dam 104.47% - one gate remains open at 1.5m Standerton Chronicle Bloemhof is already flooding, with Bloemhof Dam at 100.54 with flow rates at 600 cumecs. WelkomCity Sta

When History Resurfaces: The Underwater Graves of the Vaal Dam