Unbeknownst to many, large parts of the western Soutpansberg faced the danger of being destroyed completely by a fire sparked by a lightning strike. The fire raged on for almost two weeks, starting at the end of November and burning well into the first week of December.
"It was more than a week of firefighting. Back and back again. Every time we fought it and thought it was extinguished, it would start up again!" said Catherine Vise of the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) and programme ...