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Dam empty after gate left open

No water for residents despite heavy rainfall

Some residents of Phalaborwa and surrounding areas in Limpopo have spent more than a week without water after a nearby dam was left empty when authorities opened the floodgate to release pressure.

They say they have been without water after Lepelle Northern Water failed to close a broken barrage radial gate and left the plant empty at Olifants River...

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