He hit me on the head with his gun and without telling me what I had done wrong took me to the police cells where I was forced to spend the night.

I was immediately locked up again and was detained for three months. I appeared in court five times but the complainant never showed up.

Each time I went to see the investigating officer he would tell me to return after a week or a month. His endless excuses were exhausting.

It's the worst fire season in recorded history in the Western Cape.

With fire you can teach people forever about the dangers of fire and still see people in their grand cars throwing cigarette butts out of windows and those are the people with degrees, so-called well-educated people.

What's very concerning is that two of these big fires started with kids playing around, doing things they weren't supposed to.