Three soldiers who remain in hospital suffered severe burns while on an army exercise.

Those who died are: Staff Sergeant Abraham Morajane, Staff Sergeant Sipho Cele, Corporal Sithembiso Ndwalane, Corporal Noxolo Ngubane, Lance Corporal Prince Mthethwa and Lance Corporal Londiwe Zulu.

Relatives of the deceased are expected to identify their bodies from this Monday.

Meanwhile, farmers in that province who were also severely affected by the wildfire say the fires that have ravaged the John Taolo Gaetsewe District since June, are orchestrated.

At least 480 000 hectares of grazing land has been destroyed since June with farmers also losing livestock to the flames.

The fire, which has been raging since Friday, continues to flare up around Kathu, Postmasburg and the Lohatla SA Army combat training centre.

SANDF Spokesperson, Major General, Patrick Dube says, “In the northern part of the range there is still fire there, but it is under control, but of course, if the direction of the wind does not change we foresee that the fire will go into an already burned area.”

The SANDF says its members have lost everything in the fire.

The army reached out to the humanitarian organisation, Gift of the Givers for donations.

The Department of Home Affairs is also expected to visit the combat training centre in the coming days, to help those who have lost their identity documents.

Gift of the Givers founder, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman says, “Gift of the Givers received an urgent call for urgent assistance for 13 000 who lost all their personal belonging in the devasting fire at the Lohatla Combat Training Centre in Postmasburg.

“The request for clothing includes underwear, hygiene packs, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, facecloths, hand towels, sanitary pads, energy drinks and blankets. Gift of the Givers team is loading our truck in Johannesburg with the items requested whilst team members are sourcing additional supplies from wholesalers this morning and will be en-route to Kuruman.”

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