Overberg
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...
A community leader told Eyewitness News on Tuesday about 200 children were left stranded.
Fire officials in the region have warned residents there is only one designated area for the use of fireworks on Tuesday night.
Authorities said a preliminary investigation shows that the blaze was started by two children at the nature reserve last week.
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.
The Western Cape Police Ombudsman Johan Brand has found the Western Cape’s Public Order unit does not have enough personnel.
At Gansbaai police station, there are only 59 officers while it's meant to have 73.
The pair was gunned down during housing and service delivery protests in the Overberg town in April this year.
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.
Protesters claim there’s been a lack of service delivery in their communities for more than a decade.
Two people were injured as a result of the blaze earlier this week. No properties have been damaged.
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.
The fire has been raging since Thursday, leading to the evacuation of two small towns.
Overberg fire chief Reinhardt Geldenhuys updates CapeTalk host Jeremy van Wyk about the situation in the Overberg area and status on the fire.
Overberg fire chief Reinhardt Geldenhuys says officials waterbombed the area on Friday afternoon.
The Western Cape's Overberg region has been ravaged by wildfires since the turn of the new year. Firefighting efforts have been hindered by strong winds and inaccessibility to some areas and have led to the destruction of property and the devastation of hectares of land.
The department says the Betty's Bay and Hermanus fires are under control but not contained, and the Franskraal fire is still very active.
The fires broke out on Friday, with local municipalities instructing residents in some areas to evacuate their homes.
Earlier on Friday, local municipalities requested residents to evacuate their homes as high winds rapidly fanned the flames of fires.