On Saturday (08/07) evening hearts were racing and the adrenaline pumping when a veld fire broke out next to the Welkom Club Hall’s parking area. The fire was quickly doused, but onlookers say it could have been so much worse if it had spread across the parking area to the historic building, which once served as the newly established Welkom’s theatre. Dame Margot Fonteyn, the world-famous prima ballerina, was one of the big names who performed there in the past. Main photo: Marti Will/Photo below: Supplied