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This is according to Mlimandlela Ndamase, spokesperson for the office of the minister of Water and Sanitation.
Ndamase said the Department of Water and Sanitation was due to gazette the announcement on March 3*.
Today at 05:30 the Vaal Dam was at 100% windy inflow 669.75m3/s #SaveWater pic.twitter.com/LEGfxV8ZPk
— Water&SanitationRSA (@DWS_RSA) February 27, 2017
“The municipalities in Gauteng will lift the restrictions immediately, after it is gazetted,” Ndamase said.
“The restrictions were lifted because the Vaal Dam reached 100 per cent.”
The metro was approached for comment, but none had been received at the time of going to print.
*The date was previously stated as February 28, but the spokesperson later said the date of the gazette was changed to March 3.
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