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Working on Fire crews battle a fire in Kleinmond on 10 January 2022. Picture: @wo_fire/Twitter

Overberg

Kleinmond fire: Firefighters battle hotspots but town not under threat

By Kevin Brandt

Officials said that there was no threat to the town or any infrastructure.

  • FILE: Working on Fire members battle a blaze in the Western Cape. Picture: @wo_fire /Twitter

    Kleinmond blaze not contained but no threat to property yet

    The fire broke out between the mountain and the R44 provincial road on Saturday.

    134 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Zunaid Ishmael/Eyewitness News

    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.

    215 days ago
  • FILE: Parts of the Western Cape experienced heavy rain and flooding as a cold front made landfall in the province on 5 May 2021. The town of Struisbaai was one of the areas affected by the flooding. Picture: Supplied

    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.

    381 days ago
  • Struisbaai and surrounding areas in the Western Cape experienced heavy rain and flooding on 5 May 2021. Picture: Supplied

    Overberg, Cape Winelands hit hardest by storm - WC Disaster Management Dept

    Parts of the province were severely affected by heavy rain and strong winds.

    382 days ago
  • The town of Struisbaai in the Western Cape was affected by heavy downpours and strong winds that resulted in flooding on 5 May 2021. Picture: Supplied

    Calls for relief aid as WC rescue teams deployed to flood-hit Overberg region

    Officials said that the coastal towns of Struisbaai and Elim were affected by heavy downpours and strong winds on Wednesday.

    383 days ago
  • Voorstekraal is a small community 136 kilometres outside of Cape Town; its residents say they had been trying to keep drug lords and gangsters out of the area, with no success. Picture: Graig-Lee Smith/Eyewitness News.

    Voorstekraal community living in fear of losing youth to drug merchants

    Leaders in the Overberg community have told Eyewitness News that young girls and school children have been recruited to sell drugs.

    410 days ago
  • FILE: The Barrydale fire, also known as the Brandrivier fire, started burning a week ago in the mountains and continues to burn. Picture: Twitter/@wo_fire.

    Overberg firefighter Melio van Rooy paid the ultimate sacrifice

    The Western Cape's environmental affairs department's James Brent Styan said Van Rooyen paid the ultimate sacrifice while working to extinguish the fire, which has been raging on for a week.

    477 days ago
  • Parents in the Overberg town of Botrivier on 6 October 2020 protested following the suspension of a scholar transport service by the Western Cape Education Department. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN

    Botrivier parents up in arms after scholar transport contract is cancelled

    A community leader told Eyewitness News on Tuesday about 200 children were left stranded.

    595 days ago
  • Picture: freeimages.com

    Overberg bans fireworks ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations

    Fire officials in the region have warned residents there is only one designated area for the use of fireworks on Tuesday night.

    875 days ago
  • Working on Fire members seen at the Blue Hippo farm in Greyton area amid a mountain blaze. Picture: @wo_fire/Twitter

    Overberg fire contained but property destroyed

    Authorities said a preliminary investigation shows that the blaze was started by two children at the nature reserve last week.

    885 days ago
  • Picture: EWN.

    Firefighters overstretched in WC amid raging fires

    In the Overberg, a runaway blaze left a trail of destruction outside Greyton while the second major blaze was raging in the Garden Route's Hessequa region.

    888 days ago
  • FILE: A Public Order Police officer walks passed a pile of burning debris used as a roadblock during riots. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Ombudsman finds WC public order police unit understaffed

    The Western Cape Police Ombudsman Johan Brand has found the Western Cape’s Public Order unit does not have enough personnel.

    946 days ago
  • FILE: The police station with the worst police to population ratio in the region is Stanford that has one officer for every 851 residents. Picture: EWN

    Overberg police stations faced with concerning staff shortages: report

    At Gansbaai police station, there are only 59 officers while it's meant to have 73.

    949 days ago
  • File: Protesters have once again blocked all of the entrances to Uitsig and Riemvasmaak in Caledon on 5 April 2019. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Police comb for clues following deaths of 2 Caledon protesters

    The pair was gunned down during housing and service delivery protests in the Overberg town in April this year.

    1088 days ago
  • FILE: Delvina Europa. Picture: Supplied.

    Delvina Europa's murder has had devastating impact on Elim, say locals

    Elim residents say six-year-old Delvina Europa’s murder has opened old and painful wounds as she’s the fifth child murdered in the region since 2013.

    1141 days ago
  • Residents of Caledon march to the town's municipal offices to hand over a memorandum of grievances on 4 April 2019. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Caledon protesters await municipality's response to demands

    Protesters claim there’s been a lack of service delivery in their communities for more than a decade.

    1142 days ago
  • Firefighters in the Overberg district and in the Southern Cape battled multiple fires in different areas on Saturday 13 January 2018. Picture: Twitter/@wo_fire

    Botrivier fire contained

    Two people were injured as a result of the blaze earlier this week. No properties have been damaged.

    1210 days ago
  • The fires along Lion's Head and Signal Hill on 28 January 2019. Picture: @NCCwildfires/Twitter

    Authorities still determining cause of Signal Hill blaze

    The blaze, which left a man with serious burn wounds, was brought under control on Monday morning. It came anxiously close to residential areas in Fresnaye and Sea Point.

    1211 days ago
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