Sol Plaatje Dam (formerly the Saulspoort Dam) is an earth-fill type dam located at the confluence of the As and Liebenbergsvlei Rivers near Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa. It was established in 1968 and serves mainly for municipal and domestic water supply. The hazard potential of the dam has been ranked high. The reservoir receives water from the Lesotho Highlands Water Project via the As River.
Originally known as Saulspoort Dam, it was officially renamed on 1 April 2005,[1] recalling the bus disaster which took place there in the early hours of 1 May 2003, when 51 passengers, en route to a Workers Day rally, were drowned. 41 of the workers were employees of the Sol Plaatje Municipality (Kimberley).[2]
^Government Gazette, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, Vol. 478 Pretoria 1 April 2005 No. 27408 retrieved 16 Aug 2013
^Drama at bus tragedy service News24.com 5 May 2003 retrieved 16 Aug 2013
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brakes, which may have contributed to the disaster. The dam was renamed the SolPlaatjeDam on 1 April 2005. Leonard Slabbert, who used a boat to rescue...
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help from the public and raised general awareness. Discussions with the SolPlaatje Local Municipality were deadlocked on the issue. A contentious rezoning...
in turn divided into 27 local municipalities: Frances Baard District SolPlaatje Dikgatlong Magareng Phokwane John Taolo Gaetsewe District Moshaweng Ga-Segonyana...
very much above 10%, even since 1994. Roughly 25% of whites live in the SolPlaatje Local Municipality, which contains the Diamond-mining city of Kimberley...
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