Dit sit nie in enigeen se broek om vlamme en brande te bestry nie, maar die manne en vroue wat di\u00e9 werk doen, is Dinsdag 30 April vir hul werk vereer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Onder die brandbestryders by die geleentheid was Geralda van der Merwe (28) en Amber Saas (20) van Mamre. Di\u00e9 twee het verlede Welwillendheidsdag \u2019n brand in Ganzekraal naby Mamre help blus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit is vreesaanjaend om die donker in te gaan met net \u2019n koplig en jou span, maar dit is ons passie,\u201d s\u00ea Saas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hulle is deel van die brandweerspan by CapeNature se Ganzekraal-reservaat en hoop om uiteindelik volwaardige brandweervroue te word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die vroue was deel van die 240 brandbestryders wat veldbrande beveg en wie se harde werk die afgelope brandseisoen onlangs by die Jonkershoek-natuurreservaat gevier is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 brandbestryders het die afgelope seisoen met die hulp van vennote infrastruktuur, biodiversiteit en lewens gered van vlamme oor die provinsie heen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot all heroes wear capes<\/em>, want soms dra hulle brandweerpakke,\u201d het Anton Bredell, die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir plaaslike regering, omgewingsake en ontwikkelingsbeplanning, ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Duisende hektaar \u2013 van die Wynlande tot die Weskus \u2013 het die afgelope jaar gebrand en is feitlik daagliks deur helde soos Saas en Van der Merwe bestry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Ashley Naidoo, uitvoerende hoof van CapeNature, s\u00ea die toewyding wat brandbestryders vir hul werk het, is merkwaardig. Om berge en bosse alle ure van die dag en nag in te vaar en 24 uur lange skofte aan te durf, sit nie in enigeen se broek nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Die afgelope brandseisoen was van die ergstes in onlangse jare, met 185 000 ha wat net in een voorval gebrand het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTen spyte van die moeilike brandseisoen is daar \u2019n ligpunt \u2013 ons het geen lewensverlies gehad nie. Dit is besonders en spreek van die uitmuntende werk wat julle gedoen het,\u201d het Bredell ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CapeNature het sy vennote vir hul bystand bedank, waaronder die distriksmunisipaliteite van die Overberg, Weskus en Kaapse Wynlande, die organisasie \u201cWerk met Vuur\u201d en die personeel wat dit vir brandbestryders moontlik maak om hul werk te doen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dit sit nie in enigeen se broek om vlamme en brande te bestry nie, maar die manne en vroue wat di\u00e9 werk doen, is Dinsdag 30 April vir hul werk 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