Fish Breeding Facility Commissioned to Restore Wilge-Olifants River Catchment

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Loskop Dam in Mpumalanga is one of South Africa's largest dams. The dam wall was originally built between 1934 and 1938, and was built entirely by hand. In 1978/9 the dam was drained and the wall was raised by 9 metres to its current height of 54 metres.

An interesting story is that of thermal coal producer and exporter, Thungela, which is undertaking to restore aquatic life in the Wilge-Olifants River catchment. This came about following the uncontrolled release of mine-impacted water from Khwezela Colliery’s Kromdraai site two years ago. To do this Thungela recently commissioned an innovative fish breeding facility at the Loskop Dam Nature Reserve in Mpumalanga.

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