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The department of water and sanitation has issued a dam safety directive to “address serious and ongoing safety risks” at My Own Dam — publicly known as Senteeko Dam — in Mpumalanga. Photo: DWS

Water department slaps Senteeko Dam owner with directive over dam that is at imminent risk of failure

Without urgent remedial action, ‘further deterioration is likely to continue’

  • Sheree Bega
2 min read
The department of water and sanitation has issued a dam safety directive to “address serious and ongoing safety risks” at My Own Dam — publicly known as Senteeko Dam — in Mpumalanga. Photo: DWS

Senteeko Dam at imminent risk of failure, government warns

Downstream communities ‘must immediately evacuate’

  • Sheree Bega
1 min read
The department of water and sanitation has issued a dam safety directive to “address serious and ongoing safety risks” at My Own Dam — publicly known as Senteeko Dam — in Mpumalanga. Photo: DWS

Authorities race to avert Barberton dam disaster

Residents have been urged to evacuate downstream of Senteeko Dam in Mpumalanga

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read