Dam ɗin Pongolapoort
Dam ɗin Pongolapoort, wanda aka fi sani da Dam din Jozini yana samar da Tafkin Jozini, madatsar ruwa ce mai nau'in baka (mai lankwasa guda biyu  ) a arewacin KwaZulu-Natal, Afirka ta Kudu da ke kan kogin Phongolo . Dam din yana arewa da mazaunin Jozini, 280 km arewa maso gabas da tashar tashar jiragen ruwa ta Durban . An gina dam din ne a shekarar 1973 a karshen gabas na kunkuntar kwazazzabo da ke raba zangon Lebombo da Ubombo. Dam din ya fi yin aiki ne don ayyukan ban ruwa kuma hadarinsa ya kasance mai girma (3). Kogin Phongolo shine babban mai ciyar da madatsar ruwa da mashigar ruwa haka kuma shine kawai mai ciyar da madat ɗin.

Tarihi 
Kafin gina madatsar ruwa ta Pongolapoort, ƙasar ita ce yanki na farko da aka amince da shi a Afirka wajen kiyayewa. An yi shelar Pongola Game Reserve a cikin 1894 ta Shugaban Jamhuriyar Transvaal Paul Kruger na lokacin. Wannan zai haifar da shelar Hluhluwe-Imfolozi, Mkuze da Ndumo Game Reserve da kuma ɗayan manyan wuraren kiyaye namun daji na Afirka, dajin Kruger .

Rayuwar daji 
Dam din yana kusa da namun daji masu zaman kansu da kuma wurin ajiyar namun daji na Pongola wanda ke da gidaje masu zaman kansu da yawa da kuma sansanin kamun kifi. Namun daji da na tsuntsaye sun yi yawa a yankin. Dabbobin da za a nema sun hada da giwa, damisa, farare da bakar karkanda, buffalo, hippopotamus, waterbuck, bushbuck, nyala, big kudu, zebra, rakumin dawa da hange.

Dam din da kewayenta suna tallafawa nau'ikan tsuntsaye sama da 350 wadanda suka hada da rarrabu kamar su Afirka Broadbill, sirdi da storks mai launin rawaya, finfoot na Afirka, mujiya kifi na Pel da Narina trogon . Dam din yana kuma tallafawa yankin kiwo na ruwan hoda mai goyan baya da manyan fararen pelicans. Bugu da ƙari, madatsar ruwa tana tallafawa tsayayyen yawan kadawan Nilu .

Har ila yau, dam din ya kasance gida ne ga yawancin kifin damisa na kudu. Sauran nau'in kifi sun haɗa da kifin kifi da kurper .

ingancin ruwa 
Babu wani bayani game da ingancin ruwan dam amma ana iya ɗaukan adalci ne. Babban nau'in gurbataccen ruwan kogin Pongola shine maganin kashe kwari na noma wanda ke shiga cikin kogin saboda yawan amfani da fili wajen noma sama da madatsar ruwa.

Gobarar jirgin ruwa 
Kamfanin Ballito Shayamanzi Houseboats yana gudanar da aikin jirgin ruwa na alfarma a tafkin Jozini. A ranar 9 ga Oktoba, 2021 daya daga cikin kwale-kwalen, Shayamanzi I, ya kama wuta kuma ya kone gaba daya bayan da wani injin da bai dace ya yi zafi ba. Ma'aikatan jirgin guda hudu da 'yan yawon bude ido biyar na Jamus sun nutse a cikin ruwa mai tsauri, inda mutane uku (ma'aikatan jirgin biyu da mai yawon bude ido daya) suka mutu.  Hukumar kiyaye ruwa ta Afirka ta Kudu (SAMSA) ce ke binciken musabbabin gobarar da yiwuwar sakaci.

Duba kuma 

 Jerin tafki da madatsun ruwa a Afirka ta Kudu

Manazarta 

 Jerin Madatsun Ruwa na Afirka ta Kudu daga Sashen Kula da Ruwa