Cailynn Pretorius17 June 2025 | 5:18
Suggestions that religious group could be behind Boyes Drive fire
Investigations on how the Boyes Drive fire started are still underway, however, SANParks said that a religious group could be behind the fire.
A fire burning above Boyes Drive between Lakeside and Muizenburg. Picture: Supplied
CAPE TOWN - Investigations on how the Boyes Drive fire started are still underway; however, SANParks said that a religious group could be behind the fire.
SANParks also revealed that the group could have been behind the Tokai fire in late April of this year.
City of Cape Town’s fire chief Jermaine Carlse: "In my time, when I was in operations in Strand, we had similar incidents where a certain religious group used the fire as some kind of symbol for them. We had quite a daunting task to actually persuade them from not doing so. I've had my fair battles with them as well."