{"id":100465,"date":"2026-04-06T12:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/neckartal-dam-overflows-after-reaching-full-capacity"},"modified":"2026-04-06T12:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:58:48","slug":"neckartal-dam-overflows-after-reaching-full-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/neckartal-dam-overflows-after-reaching-full-capacity","title":{"rendered":"Neckartal Dam overflows after reaching full capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The Neckartal Dam near Keetmanshoop in the \/\/Kharas Region has become a sight to behold after it began overflowing, drawing onlookers eager to witness the rare spectacle following recent inflows. According to the latest dam level figures provided by NamWater, the dam rose from 99.5% full on 23 March 2026 to 100.2% on 30 March 2026, surpassing its full capacity. The overflow comes amid recent rainfall in parts of southern Namibia, contributing to rising water levels at the country\u2019s largest dam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Namibia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. The Neckartal Dam near Keetmanshoop in the \/\/Kharas Region has become a sight to behold after it began overflowing, drawing onlookers eager to witness the rare spectacle following recent inflows. According to the latest dam level figures provided by NamWater, the dam rose from 99.5% full on 23 March 2026 to 100.2% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":100464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-100465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Neckartal Dam overflows after reaching full capacity - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Neckartal Dam near Keetmanshoop in the \/\/Kharas Region has become a sight to behold after it began overflowing, draw ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/neckartal-dam-overflows-after-reaching-full-capacity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neckartal Dam overflows after reaching full capacity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Neckartal Dam near Keetmanshoop in the \/\/Kharas Region has become a sight to behold after it began overflowing, draw ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/neckartal-dam-overflows-after-reaching-full-capacity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-06T12:51:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-06T12:58:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2026\/04\/sm_1775467675.326441.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"742\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"403\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/neckartal-dam-overflows-after-reaching-full-capacity#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/neckartal-dam-overflows-after-reaching-full-capacity\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Neckartal Dam overflows after reaching full capacity\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-06T12:51:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-06T12:58:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/neckartal-dam-overflows-after-reaching-full-capacity\"},\"wordCount\":95,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/neckartal-dam-overflows-after-reaching-full-capacity#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2026\/04\/sm_1775467675.326441.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/neckartal-dam-overflows-after-reaching-full-capacity#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/neckartal-dam-overflows-after-reaching-full-capacity\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/neckartal-dam-overflows-after-reaching-full-capacity\",\"name\":\"Neckartal Dam overflows after reaching full capacity - 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