Table Mountain National Park has confirmed that firefighting efforts continue as the Newlands Ravine blaze burns in areas tricky to access.

At one stage, firefighting crews and vehicles of no less than five municipalities were involved in battling the blaze.

A veld fire that started on Thursday escalated to the R43 near De Kelders, scorching the power infrastructure. The town’s power was switched off at 2PM on Sunday to facilitate the replacement ...

Fire Protection Associations (FPAs) in South Africa warn that the government is failing to provide adequate support. FPAs, which are mandated by the National Veld and Forest Fire Act (NVFFA ...

Researchers working in Africa warn against consultants promoting a single veld-burning strategy for carbon ... conservation in Africa through fire management," researchers challenge the ...

However, the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) found that service providers ... can go back to work and assist FPAs to attend to veld fire incidents in our communities.

The Eastern Cape Department of Agriculture recently donated more than 300 sheep, including rams and ewes, to wool growers’ associations in the OR Tambo District as part of efforts to improve wool ...

Firefighters are continuing to battle the Newlands Ravine fire which broke out in the early ... "Approximately 60 hectares of veld have thus far burned in the Newlands Ravine and Devils Peak ...