The Vaal River chokes under the ‘green plague’ of water lettuce. Experts combat the outbreak with herbicides and beetles.

Murky and brown-like drinking water is the product that many households have been receiving from their taps in Vaal Central Water fed areas.

AfriForum and Save Ngwathe took water samples from the Vaal river near Parys and they have tested positive for cholera.

A family of four was rescued in Mpumalanga after they were trapped by flooding caused by the rising vaal river on Friday morning

High rainfall over the last week has seen areas along the Vaal River flooded with people sadly evacuating their homes

It took a group of volunteers five days to rescue a horse stranded on a Vaal River island in the Northern Cape.

Talk about the tree of life. A man’s kayak was capsized by floods in the Vaal River. He escaped death by holding on to a tree overnight.

Police divers retrieved the body of a missing 26-year-old man from the Vaal River on Friday. His clothes and bible were found near the river.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) deems the pollution at the Vaal River to be beyond acceptable standards.

The municipality, which sprawls along the north bank of the Vaal River near Vereeniging, is one of Gauteng’s most densely populated areas, with Sebokeng, Evaton, Sharpeville, and Boipatong townships lying within its boundaries.

The force of the Vaal River boating accident resulted in the two children being ejected from the boat.

The boat was carrying seven people when it capsized on Saturday afternoon.

The incident happened near the Spider Valley Road.