Johannesburg – A light aircraft crashed shortly after take-off on a farm outside Stellenbosch in the Western Cape on Thursday, paramedics said.

ER24 spokesperson Christo Venter said:”After it crashed, it started to burn. Fire-fighters and various paramedics rushed to the scene, and the fire-fighters extinguished the blaze,” he said.

Venter said the pilot, who is believed to be the only one in the plane, died.

Officials were investigating the accident.

– SAPA