Destroyed

Rubble and ash are all that remain of a R7.6m “smart park” opened just 16 months ago in in one of Cape Town’s most troubled neighbourhoods. “There is nothing left,” Zahid Badroodien, the mayoral committee member for community services,…

Thirty-one homes were destroyed and 28 damaged by three wildfires that raged across the Overberg in the Western Cape on Friday. Heavy evening rain assisted firefighters, who were able to start counting the cost during the night. By…