Overview
- Overnight evacuations now total about 40 people, with warnings active for Zwartenbosch along the R330.
- Kouga officials report limited structural losses, no fatalities, and damage to parts of a plastics facility, with the main building intact.
- Power remains out in St Francis Bay after a burned Eskom line, and repairs are under way with restoration not expected soon.
- Firefighting is concentrated in the Kabeljous area of Jeffreys Bay, supported by helicopters and a water bomber, and while some local roads stay closed the N2 between Jeffreys Bay and Humansdorp has reopened.
- Gift of the Givers is assisting communities in Jeffreys Bay and Humansdorp as SANParks implements containment strategies in the Soetkraal sector.