Infant Alien Invasive Plants With the weather warming up and Summer upon us, we have seen an increase in the sprouting of the infant alien invasive plants along the upper Barrage Vaal River Reservoir. The [...]

SAVE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – SUNDAY 14TH JULY AT 11:00 AT THE LUCIANA LAPA. AGENDA TO FOLLOW Be there to get updates on: Water lettuce crisis (the symptom) Civil action against Government Financials Other issues [...]

Registered office: 99 Kaalplaats, Windsor on Vaal e-mail save@save.org.za cc maureenstewart355@gmail.com Phone 083 286 3500/0825705058 6 JUNE 2024 BOOST FOR SAVE THE VAAL’S FIGHT AGAINST WATER LETTUCE As part of a co-ordinated effort to remove [...]

    28 MARCH 2024 FOR URGENT ATTENTION OF ALL RIVER PROPERTY OWNERS DIARISE SATURDAY 6 APRIL AT 10:00 AM. AT STONEHAVEN ON VAAL TO DISCUSS WATER LETTUCE CRISIS AND ACTION   Many Vaal River [...]

SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCESS SINCE 2018 BACKGROUND SAVE had 6 high court orders against ELM dating ack to 2008. Some of these orders were specific incidents of sewage spillage and were dealt with by ELM. [...]

A NATIONAL CRISIS The water lettuce and hyacinth infestation has ‘carpeted’ vast areas of the beautiful Vaal River. These noxious weeds thrive on high nutrient levels in water, deplete oxygen and cause harm to aquatic [...]

UPPER VAAL RIVER TO BARRAGE AND TRIBUTES WATER LETTUCE DISASTER The explosion of Water Lettuce (Pistia Stratiotes) and water hyacinth on the Vaal River immediately upstream of the Barrage. They first alerted all relevant authorities [...]

BE ALERT A NEW THREAT TO THE VAAL RIVER Water Lettuce, an invasive alien species, has made its appearance in the Vaal River for the first time. It was noticed in the Suikerbos River at [...]

DATE TO DIARISE: SAVE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SATURDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2020 AT 11:00 AT LUCIANA COUNTRYESTATE LAPA ALL REQUIERD COVID 19 PROTOCOLS WILL BE OBSERVED. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN MASK UPDATE ON VAAL RIVER POLLUTION [...]

26 August 2020 The Editor Engineering News chanel@engineeringnews.co.za c.c Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation. c.c. Sibusiso Mthembu (Gauteng Head: DWS) Dear Chanel, ARTICLE: “PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE WELCOMES WATER [...]