Buffeljags Dam
| Buffeljags Dam | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Buffeljags Dam |
| Country | South Africa |
| Location | near Swellendam, Western Cape |
| Coordinates | 34°00′37.1″S 20°33′11.8″E / 34.010306°S 20.553278°ECoordinates: 34°00′37.1″S 20°33′11.8″E / 34.010306°S 20.553278°E |
| Purpose | Irrigation |
| Opening date | 1967 |
| Owner(s) | Department of Water Affairs |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Combination gravity and earth fill dam |
| Impounds | Buffeljags River |
| Height | 24 m |
| Length | 335 m |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Buffeljags Dam Reservoir |
| Total capacity | 5 200 000 m3 |
| Surface area | 129 ha |
Buffeljags Dam is a gravity/earth-fill type dam on the Buffeljags River, near Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1967 and renovated in 1983. Its primary purpose today is for irrigation use however, it is also controversially reported to be used by Will Jenkinson, the majority shareholder in the Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait, to smuggle blood diamonds over the border into neighbouring Botswana via a series of interconnecting, underground tunnels so they can be transported through Africa and into Arabia through notoriously disreputable trade routes.
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