18.9 C
Cape Town
Saturday, August 1, 2026

WATCH: RIVER FLOWS FOR FIRST TIME IN YEARS AFTER WEEKEND RAIN

Published on


Add Smile FM on Google

Rainfall this past Sunday led to localized urban flooding over the Overberg, Eden District and the south-eastern parts of the Cape Winelands of the Western Cape as well as the south coast and adjacent interior of the Eastern Cape.

But it’s also good news for our dams. Watch the video below as a river near Montagu started flowing again after being dry for years:

Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

Latest articles

Last chance for voters to register for the 2026 Local Government Elections

 This weekend, 1 and 2 August, is your last chance to register or update your details ahead of the 2026 Local Government Elections. The Western...

OUTA welcomes 10-year driving licences announcement, calls for speedy implementation

 Civil society organisation OUTA has welcomed Cabinet's announcement that ten-year driving licence cards for light motor vehicles have been approved, but has called for...

Man dies in Sea Point apartment fire as firefighters battle blaze into the night

  An adult man has died in a fire that tore through The Dorchester, an apartment building in High Level Road, Sea Point, on Thursday...