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.
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Major thunderstorm set to hit parts of WC within next 24hrs
The South Africa Weather Service has issued a warning of disruptive rainfall over the Garden Route, Central Karoo, Cape Winelands and Overberg.
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Cape Winelands families want their lockdown electricity bills to be scrapped
The Cape Winelands municipality is battling to recover from their steep outstanding bills.
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Cold, rainy weather across WC largely clearing up, but officials still on alert
The storm has wreaked havoc, especially in areas such as the Cape Winelands and Overberg districts due to the severe flooding and strong winds.
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Cape Winelands firefighters attend to fire just outside Franschhoek
The fire, which started in the Overberg a few days ago, spread into the Cape Winelands area late on Tuesday afternoon.
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Garden Route showing early signs of levelling out of COVID-19 cases - Cloete
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.
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Farm attacks probe at an 'advanced stage’ - MEC
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.
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SAPS confirms third farm attack in Cape Winelands
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.
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Franschhoek blaze contained
More than 6,000 hectares of vegetation was destroyed in the fire that erupted near the Cape Winelands town's mountain pass last Monday.
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Mop-up operations under way after Franschhoek fire
The blaze broke out a week ago and has destroyed more than 60,000 hectares of vegetation.
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‘Replacing burnt vineyards will take years before delivering a harvest’
The blaze has caused widespread devastation to farmland since Tuesday.
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Warning of heavy rainfall, possible flooding issued in the Cape
Disaster Management officials are on high alert as informal settlements in low lying areas are also monitored.
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Winelands Toll Project back in court tomorrow
About 180km of the N1 and N2 highways will be tolled should Sanral succeed.
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Zwelethemba residents protest over power
Protester Nina Cekiso says they want the electricity that was promised to them last year.
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Another legal victory against Sanral
WC High Court dismissed Sanral’s bid to have information about the project kept secret.
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R2K campaign files urgent application against Sanral secrecy
The campaign has given the court until 9 September to consider releasing the documents.
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'CT toll will be different to Gauteng'
Sanral says the new proposed system will have a manless boom.
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Court to rule on Sanral privacy
Sanral and the City of Cape Town have been locked in a legal battle over the N1/N2 Winelands project.
