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South African firefighting heroes home after successfully helping Canada with their wildfires
Minister Edna Molewa was at OR Tambo International Airport to welcome home the last group which arrived back in the country on the 24th August 2015. “South African crews have received high praise from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) for their...
I am now a stronger and independent woman
Being an orphan did not deter Khosi Nhlapo from turning her life around and today she is determined to make a success of her career in Working on Fire. ‘Khosi is currently, a Type 2 Dispatcher at the Gauteng Provincial Office. She is from Ratanda in Heidelberg and...
Bethlehem firefighter returns from Canada with a lot of knowledge
A total of 10 firefighters from the Free State were chosen to go to Canada to join the South African Team of 48 firefighters who recently went over there to help with the wildfire suppression. Maggy Radebe, a female from the Bethlehem Team was one of the ten Free...
Our very own female firefighter flies SA flag high in Canada
As South Africans celebrate women’s month, Esther Mtyilibe is on the hotshot team that left for Canada to assist in dousing out ravaging fires. She comes from Fochville in the far West Rand. Esther said that it was her first time going to board a flight. She said,...
It was an opportunity of a lifetime to fight fires in Canada
For Thabisa Nogwina, a fire fighter from Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape, the call to go to Canada and help with wildfires over there came as an opportunity of a lifetime that she will use to better her life. Thabisa joined Working on Fire in 2008 as a fire fighter...
Sophy Dinko climbs to greater heights
“Leadership skills and confidence is what brought me here”, said Sophy Dinko, Community Fire Awareness Officer in the North West Province. Dinko got promoted as Community Fire Awareness Officer within 5 months as a Type 2 Crew Leader in the programme. After completing...