01 Oct 2024 (South African Government News Agency) Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister, Sello Seitlholo, is set to launch the Vaal River Anti-Pollution Forum, which is aimed at addressing long ...

The government has for more than a decade “passed the buck” regarding the Vaal River’s sewage pollution by the Emfuleni local municipality, said Maureen Stewart, the vice-chairperson of the ...

The Vaal River system, on which approximately 19 million people depend for drinking water and commercial use, is polluted beyond acceptable standards. This is the finding of the SA Human Rights ...

It will take at least 36 months to reduce or stop the pollution leaking into the Vaal River system. This is according to Simon Maphangula, director water services at the department of water and ...

South Africa - Johannesburg - 02 April 2019 - Businesses in Vaal area along the Vaal river are the most affected by sewer and the ones that are able move have moved away from this area because of ...

Pollution of the Vaal River continues Wilma Venter, councillor of the Freedom Front Plus for Ward 10, said on Friday, July 8 that they will hold the municipality accountable to clean the area ...

Unabated pollution of the Vaal River can not be ignored as water flows into the Vaal Dam, which makes it a national problem. The Standerton Advertiser began investigating behind Bergenheim Complex ...

In October 2021, the water and sanitation department appointed Rand Water to stop the pollution of the Vaal River from Emfuleni’s wastewater system in terms of section 63 of the Water Services Act.

Johannesburg - Pollution at the Vaal River has reached crisis proportions, an environmental scientist said on Tuesday. Claudia Holgate described the sewerage spillage running into the Vaal River as "a ...

Petrochemicals giant Sasol has denied that it is responsible for pollution in the Vaal river. However, it has admitted struggling to interpret some compliance requirements with regard to regulations ...

The Vaal River Anti-Pollution Forum, to be launched on Thursday, will be a non-statutory forum, including various stakeholders with a particular focus on stakeholders that are directly affected by ...