Oct 23, 2018
Een naweek in Oktober; en die Overberg word geraak deur 12 brande. En dit nog voor die amptelike begin van die brandseisoen. Hier is wat gebeur het op die naweek van 13 en 14 Oktober 2018: 1. Net voor 9.00 op Saterdag, 13 Oktober, is ‘n brand...
Aug 7, 2018
Show your support for wildfire prevention – and you could win one of FOUR Checkers vouchers. Checkers has teamed up with the Greater Overberg Fire Protection Association. For every Checkers Fynbos bouquet sold across South Africa this Women’s Month, Checkers...
Jul 4, 2018
Apart from being our largest landowner, CapeNature is one the most active and vigilant landowners in the Overberg in terms of wildfire prevention and fighting (if not the most active). CapeNature really lives its values: forming lasting partnerships with their...
May 21, 2018
Firefighters across the Overberg agreed: Andy Selfe was the perfect choice as an unsung Overberg hero. Andy is the Fire Management Unit leader for a section of the Elgin Valley. And they’ve had a busy fire season – having to fight four fires over the Christmas weekend...
May 4, 2018
For Richard Middelmann, there’s a certain satisfaction he feels when a wildfire is finally extinguished. That may be because he learned at an early age of the dangers of fire – and its impact on livelihoods. Today, Richard has employed that knowledge and...
Apr 19, 2018
It took just one thunderstorm to start five separate fires in a matter of minutes in the dry Sutherland landscape in the Northern Cape. One Greater Overberg FPA member witnessed the devastation, and the lack of fire-fighting equipment of the Sutherland community. And...
