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Female Crew leader aspires to be a nurse
Type 2 Crew Leader, Mpho Kgole, of Ditholo Team in Hammanskraal is now a qualified auxiliary nurse after completing her theatre training at Louis Pasteur Hospital recently in Pretoria. Mpho used some of the monthly stipend she gets from the WOF programme to pay...
Education is my only weapon left
“ Finally I am writing my matric examinations later this year. It has been a turbulent and trying journey. My mother does not have matric. I am honouring her by completing what she always wanted me to do,’’ said Elsie Molahlegi, a Type 2 Crew Leader at Roodeplaat...
Normandien Team conducts fuel load reduction
The Normandien Team and its partners conducted fuel load reduction at the Woodburn Farm to help prevent potential fires from spreading. The team also cleaned the road near the farm and cleared trees which were making it hard to use the road. Normandien Base Manager,...
KZN teams on high alert as fires sweep through province
KwaZulu-Natal WOF teams have been battling numerous fires in areas across the province since the beginning of August. The teams managed to prevent the fires from spreading and limited the damage to the environment and property. The fires occurred in areas such as Blue...
A poem dedicated to all women
Let me air my views regarding a woman in this Women’s Month. A woman changes her name, Changes her home, Leaves her family, Moves in with you, Builds a home with you. Even the kids she delivers bear your name. Everything she does – cooking, cleaning, taking care of...
Western Cape teams protect the environment
Teams have been hard at work throughout the Western Cape to reduce fuel loads and hazardous materials in preparation for the 2016/17 summer fire season. Working on Fire takes pride in addressing the prevention and control of wild fires through the implementation of...