The money will allow municipalities to rebuild structures damaged by floods, said Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa

Raging fires in Somerset West are threatening three historic wine estates in the area, Cape Town Fire Management said on Tuesday.

Firefighters are still struggling to extinguish a fire that broke out at the Jonkershoek Nature Reserve on Wednesday afternoon.

A veld fire on Wednesday afternoon threatened to engulf Clarens near Golden Gate in the eastern Free State.

A Working on Fire firefighter was injured on Tuesday while battling a blaze near Fouriesburg in the eastern Free State.

Free State police are investigating four cases of arson linked to veld fires that ravaged the province about a week ago, an official said on Monday.

Veld fires continued to burn in Mpumalanga, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal on Monday, fire authorities said.

Niren Tolsi speaks to the men and women who have been keeping KwaZulu-Natal’s monstrous blaze at bay.