Choppers water-bomb resurgent Bay fires
Helicopters scooping water from the sea and dropping it over huge flames told the story as multiple fires continued to rage across Nelson Mandela Bay on Wednesday.
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Helicopters scooping water from the sea and dropping it over huge flames told the story as multiple fires continued to rage across Nelson Mandela Bay on Wednesday.
Ongoing bushfires swept up the Baakens Valley on Thursday afternoon and were threatening homes in Abelia Crescent in Sunridge Park.
A number of homes were damaged and a swathe of bush was razed as a dozen fires flared in savagely hot and dry conditions across Nelson Mandela Bay on Tuesday.
Judgment was reserved on Monday in the Makhanda high court where two petroleum companies and the mineral resources and energy minister continued to press for a go-ahead to explore for undersea oil and gas off the Wild Coast.
Weekend Post and The Herald reporter Guy Rogers has won the SANParks’s 2021/2022 Kudu Award for environmental journalism in the print category.