LOCAL HEROES Hout Bay firefighters assist with 43 maternity cases in 2025 4 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
LOCAL HEROES PART 1 The secret lives of firefighters – feats of midwifery, first aid and trauma management 6 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
CAPE INFERNOS PART 5 Courage amid chaos: From Cape to Canada — how SA firefighters risk all to battle the blazes 7 min 4 By Kristin Engel and Victoria O’Regan
WESTERN CAPE WILDFIRES Firefighters scramble again as blazes break out in and around Cape Town 2 min 3 By Kristin Engel and Victoria O’Regan
FIRE CITY CT rescue teams under pressure from multiple blazes while Simon’s Town inferno continues to rage 4 min 0 By Tapiwanashe Zaranyika
TANKER EXPLOSION Hospital colleagues voice ‘trauma’ and ‘anger’ as heartfelt tributes flow for 12 ‘fallen heroes’ at Boksburg memorial 3 min 1 By Michelle Banda
EKURHULENI TRAGEDY Death toll of Boksburg gas tanker blast stands at 18 as government assesses damage to nearby OR Tambo Hospital 6 min 0 By Victoria O’Regan
GROUNDUP Community attacks firefighters responding to deadly blaze 2 min 1 By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp
OUR BURNING ASSEMBLY Suspect to appear in court, but fire again flares up at Parliament 6 min 5 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED Cape Town and Joburg blazes hide shocking truth about SA’s fire services 6 min 5 By Stephen Faulkner
HEARTS ON FIRE Sobering thought: How wine fuels all-female firefighting crew 9 min 2 By Bianca Coleman
DANGEROUSLY DERELICT BULDINGS Call for judicial inquiry after Joburg fire tragedy 3 min 0 By Nkateko Mabasa
Fallen Heroes Unions plan to sue government for negligence over unsafe buildings 3 min 0 By Nkateko Mabasa & News24
Joburg Blaze Ekurhuleni celebrates its own valiant firefighters who heeded Joburg’s call for help 2 min 0 By Nkateko Mabasa
Joburg Blaze Reinforcements called in from Tshwane and Ekurhuleni to help battle city fire 3 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
