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Knysna Municipality will fight Elandskraal’s Knysna Fire victims

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Maroela Media reports that the Knysna Municipality will oppose the R17.2-million Great Knysna Fire claim against it by 19 residents from Elandskraal, the origin of the disaster. The Knysna Fire’s many victims know well that it began with a lighting strike in the Elandskraal bush several months before the disaster. Residents repeatedly appealed for assistance to the Knysna Municipality and its fire services. They even provided aerial footage of the first smoulder which indicated burning underground. Ignoring them led to the destruction of 1059 homes, 7 deaths and an estimated … Read the full article…

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DA Doesn’t Want Accountability for Knysna Fire

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Afriforum’s Knysna Fire report shed light where, ironically, there’d only been dark. The investigation gave foundation to rumours and other media articles that addressed municipal incompetence as a reason for the disaster i.e. the Sedgefield branch of the Knysna Fire Department failed, for two months, to act on complaints by residents of a large smoulder in Elandskraal. When the wind arrived, the smoulder combusted into destruction that destroyed Knysna houses, businesses and lives. The tragedy seems to have had little effect on Knysna DA Councillor Dr. Martin Young who has … Read the full article…

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How to Deal With Knysna’s Ongoing Elandskraal Fire?

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Whether the Knysna Municipality’s slideshow on the causes of the Great Knysna Fire is true or not, the question remains: How should we deal with the Elandskraal Fire? Elandskraal is part of Knysna, in between Sedgefield and Karatara. From here, a vicious wind flamed an attack on a vast portion of the town. Locals believe that a long-running smoulder was the origin whereas the Knysna Fire Department said pine cones and logs were evidence of man made fire. How it’s possible that they could determine the age of that ‘braai’ … Read the full article…

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“The Truth will Surface” for Knysna Fire Victims

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Morne Jonker’s rejects the Municipality’s media presentation on the causes of the Great Knysna Fire. He states, “The truth will surface!” On Facebook, his demand for accountability is receiving a lot of attention and support. Johnny Snyman, also a resident, commented that, “Our friends lost their lives. Tony Johnston and Madré Johnston, and their boy little Michael, died on the day of his 3rd birthday – he never had a chance to become a grown man and neither did Madre have a chance to lay eyes upon her expected baby … Read the full article…

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Knysna Fire Update: Elandskraal Mentioned as Possible Fire Source

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Almost 2 months after the Great Knysna Fire, Elandskraal is finally looked at as a possible source of our disaster. Another “finally” is uninsured homeowners in Central Knysna being considered as victims, a possible R110,000 on the way for each. But never count chickens until they hatch is the saying… and does that include help for rentees who cannot find places to stay? Every time i see Not-My-Mayor Eleanore Spies, i feel sick. She’s not a voice of reason. She’s not my leader. She is our problem. Cape Town is … Read the full article…

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Informative Knysna Fire Article on SAForestryOnline

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SA Forestry has posed an excellent article on the Great Knysna Fire, maybe the most informative so far. The sentence that strikes me the most is, “Two main fires, followed by a number of smaller fires, started from the Elandskraal area north east of Sedgefield and in the MTO Kruisfontein Plantation just east of the Knysna urban area.” It’s that fire that took went to Brenton and Welbedacht. Why will our Municipality not assure us that they’re investigating the claims that a fire in Elandskraal was ignored for months by … Read the full article…

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Experience Thai Reflexology in the Forests Near Knysna

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A 2000-year-old therapy working with the feet, lower leg and knees; dispersing and releasing blocked energy and crystals of calcium and uric acid (toxic wastes) that have built up within the body’s many ‘sens lines’ (Thai based meridians) to produce a deep and unique feeling of balance, relaxation and well being. Relief is felt from: stress; back and other chronic pain, allergies, high blood pressure, sleep disorders, fibromyalgia, gout, migraine, arthritis, diabetes, kidney and digestive problems, improves blood circulation; immune booster; improves lymphatic drainage, lifts your mood, reduces stiffness and … Read the full article…

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