Water lettuce and hyacinth overran the Vaal River Barrage Reservoir late last year, Rand Water said yesterday about the iconic river that forms the border between Mpumalanga, Gauteng, and North West to the north and the Free State to the south.
The invasive species covered 398 hectares of the river, which reportedly crippled tourism.
Boat businesses stopped operating as the river was no longer navigable.
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Palestinians in 'real life horror movie'
Gazans this week described a \"real life horror movie\" in the Gaza Strip's north as Israeli air strikes continued across the Palestinian territory, a day after a ceasefire began in neighboring Lebanon.
Residents return to destroyed homes
Families from south Lebanon's Tyre are returning to their homes after an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, but Israeli strikes have turned parts of the city into an uninhabitable disaster zone without water or electricity.
Truce hangs by thread
ISRAEL: 'INTENSIVE WAR' PLEDGE IF HEZBOLLAH BREACHES CEASEFIRE
Home affairs extends permit deadline
The department of home affairs has extended the deadline for Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPs).
Bad weather early warnings 'step in right direction'
More has to be done to warn the public ahead of severe and extreme weather, say experts.
'Smuggled' kids bust
ARRESTS: EXPOSED POROUS BORDERS, CHILD TRAFFICKING PREVALENCE
Pay rises amid pensions row
MOSES KOTANE: FEARS SERVICE DELIVERY FOR RESIDENTS WILL BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED
Namibia returns to polls amid chaos
Namibians returned to vote yesterday as 36 polling stations reopened two days after a chaotic election, set to test the ruling party's 34-year grip on power, was marred by technical problems.
Spaza shops 'play key role'
ECONOMISTS: NEED SUPPORT TO REGISTER
EFF-MK clash 'weakens radical left'
Amid the rumblings, scathing attacks and infighting within what earlier seemed to be the return of the South African political far-left, the EFF and the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party, Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie has found a tongue-in-cheek way of describing \"the early crumbling of the marriage, due to mistrust\".
