Cape winelands
Firefighters focusing efforts on preventing fire damage to farms in Touws River
One fire was sparked by lightning on Saturday on mountains between Worcester and Roberston.
The South Africa Weather Service has issued a warning of disruptive rainfall over the Garden Route, Central Karoo, Cape Winelands and Overberg.
The Cape Winelands municipality is battling to recover from their steep outstanding bills.
The storm has wreaked havoc, especially in areas such as the Cape Winelands and Overberg districts due to the severe flooding and strong winds.
The fire, which started in the Overberg a few days ago, spread into the Cape Winelands area late on Tuesday afternoon.
The Western Cape's Head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that cases in the Cape Metro remained on the increase and said that there were similar signs in the Cape Winelands.
There were three incidents in the region last week. In one of them, Stefan Smit was killed on Louiesenhof Wine Estate on a Sunday evening.
On Sunday, Stefan Smit was killed on Louiesenhof Wine Estate in Stellenbosch. On that same night, an elderly couple's house was broken into on a farm nearby.
More than 6,000 hectares of vegetation was destroyed in the fire that erupted near the Cape Winelands town's mountain pass last Monday.
The blaze broke out a week ago and has destroyed more than 60,000 hectares of vegetation.
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The blaze has caused widespread devastation to farmland since Tuesday.
Disaster Management officials are on high alert as informal settlements in low lying areas are also monitored.
About 180km of the N1 and N2 highways will be tolled should Sanral succeed.
Protester Nina Cekiso says they want the electricity that was promised to them last year.
WC High Court dismissed Sanral’s bid to have information about the project kept secret.
The campaign has given the court until 9 September to consider releasing the documents.
Sanral says the new proposed system will have a manless boom.
Sanral and the City of Cape Town have been locked in a legal battle over the N1/N2 Winelands project.