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The department says one of the country’s main water supplies, the Vaal Dam, is about 34-percent full.

That’s the lowest it’s been in years.

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Boats have been removed because the water is so shallow.

Officials say they haven’t declared a water crisis, but they’re hoping for a good rainy season.

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