Approximately only 3% of Hartbeespoort Dam is currently covered with hyacinth.

Hartbeespoort Dam NRSI has removed tons of debris from the Hartbeespoort Dam over the past weeks.

Magalies Water said that another milestone has been reached this week as hyacinth coverage is around 10%.

The Centre for Biological Control (CBC) said this week that the water hyacinth mat was severely impacted by the control agents feeding on them.

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) said this week that it had not yet awarded new leases at Hartbeespoort Dam's shores.

Schoemansville recorded record-breaking rainfall levels for the first part of 2025, with the 223 mm measured in February this year being the second highest recorded over the past ten years.

Rhodes University’s Centre for Biological Control (CBC) was joined by Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister, Sello Seitlholo at Hartbeespoort Dam to officially release the Salvinia weevil, a biological control agent known as Cyrtobagous salviniae, to manage the Salvinia invasive plant on the dam.

With a new National Water Amendment Bill in the pipeline, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) could soon go directly after individuals such as municipal managers and mayors.

The Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation (DWS) Sello Seitlholo, accompanied by a delegation from DWS, Magalies Water and Rand Water, visited sites along the Hennops, Kaalspruit and Jukskei Rivers that contribute to the severe pollution of Hartbeespoort Dam.

The Aloe Farm in Hartbeespoort donated thousands of endangered Aloe peglerae seedlings to the University of Pretoria (UP) to be reintroduced in the Magaliesberg mountain range.