by Leroy Lubisi | 5 Sep, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
Gaecious Maleke became a father on 6 July. A Working on Fire (WOF) firefighter from the Bloemfontein Team, Maleke was injured in the line of duty when a burning tree log rolled over him during the fires in Knysna in the Western Cape. He sustained soft tissue damage to...
by Leroy Lubisi | 5 Sep, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
The KwaZulu-Natal Harding Team has been educating various communities on how to be fire safe and reduce the risk of wildfires this winter fire season. The team visited the Mkhoba, Ndaka, Khwezi, Ndakeni, Mawane and Nkungwenicommunities. Harding’s...
by Leroy Lubisi | 5 Sep, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
In the week preceding International Nelson Mandela Day, President Jacob Zuma called upon South Africans to use Nelson Mandela Day on July 18 to intensify the fight against poverty. This year’s Mandela Day theme was #ActionAgainstPoverty. President Zuma...
by Leroy Lubisi | 5 Sep, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
Following the devastating fires of June 2017 which caused major damage to properties and public infrastructure as well as loss of lives, Working on Fire teams in the Western Cape have started work on the Garden Route Rebuild initiative (GRR). The GRR was launched by...
by Leroy Lubisi | 5 Sep, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
Two Free State firefighters, Thabang Moeletsi and Monde Ndobela, recently received high praise from Working on Fire Managing Director, Trevor Abrahams, for their selfless actions in helping a fellow firefighter, Gaecious Malake, who was injured on the fire line during...
by Leroy Lubisi | 5 Sep, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
Mavis Mabena is now a policewoman in Mpumalanga. She says she has put what she learned in the WOF programme to good use in her employment at the South African Police Services. “The programme prepared me well for the tough labour market. It helped build...
