The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) plans to take action against the current and former owners of the dams that failed earlier in August, subsequently causing flooding that resulted in severe property and infrastructure damage to the downstream community of Riverlands, in the Swartland municipal area. This followed a preliminary investigation, ordered by Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina, into the breach of the three dams, with initial findings revealing that the dams have no record of being licensed or registered in terms of the National Water Act (NWA).
