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Potchefstroom – 6 Motsheganong 2025

Taelo ya tshogana ya go bakela e ntshetswe kwa bathong ba ba nnang gaufi le Noka ya Vaal, morago ga go oketsega ga metsi mo Vaal Dam. Lefapha la Metsi le Phepa (DWS) le butse dikgoro tse tlhano tsa metsi (sluice gates) go fokotsa kgatelelo ya metsi.

Go tlaleletswe gore maemo a fetogile ka potlako, ka metsi a Vaal Dam a oketsegang go tswa mo 107.82% ka Matlhatso go fitlha 109.39% ka letsatsi le le latelang. Go fitlha ka nako eno, metsi a tsena ka kelo ya 1 000 m³/s (dikhubiki tsa metsi ka motsotswana), mme go lebelelwa gore metsi a tlaa tswelela ka go oketsega go fitlha 1 400 m³/s ka thapama.

Bloemhof Dam, e leng kwa tlase ga Vaal Dam, le yone e tlalegile, ka diperesente di oketsega go tswa mo 103.23% go fitlha 106.91%. DWS e lemogile gore metsi a a tswang a tlaa bakela diphula le go khurumetsa mafelo a a kwa tlase, a a leng mo lefelong la 100-metre floodline.

Mokwaledi wa DWS, Wisane Mavasa, o boletse fa metsi a a oketsegileng a lebeletswe go fitlha kwa Barrage ka Sontaga moso, mme le kwa Bloemhof ka malatsi a le mararo kgotsa a le mane, se se tlaa oketsa metsi mo nokeng le mo madameng.

“Fa o le mo mafelong a a ka amegang, tswelela ka bonako mo bophirimong bosigo,” go rialo modulasetulo. “Tlhopha dilwana tsa motlakase o di beye kwa godimo go tila tshenyo, mme o tima motlakase go tila dikotsi tsa motlakase.”

Ba Fire Department ya Klerksdorp le bone ba netefaditse gore maemo a kotsi a ntse a oketsega. Motlhokomedi Stephan Mpato o itsisitse gore boemo jwa metsi bo oketsega ka kelo e kgolo, mme batho ba tshwanetse go tsaya kgato.

Lefapha la DWS le rotloeditse ba ba nnang mo mabopong a Vaal River go tlosetsa dilo tse di botlhokwa, dilwana tse di ka tshwerwang ke metsi, ditlhopha tsa diphologolo, le go batla mafelo a a sireletsegileng go tila tshenyo kgotsa go latlhegelwa ke matshelo.

Ba ba nang le taolo ba ikemiseditse go sala morago seemo ka kelotlhoko mme ba tlaa obamela setšhaba ka tshedimosetso e ntšha fa maemo a fetoga.