From our editor: Veld fires expose the cost of disunity on communal land
Last week, together with a few men from my home village, I spent several hours trying to put out a ...
Tag: veld fires
Increase in veld fires threatens food prices and farm production costs
South Africans may face higher food prices as increasingly frequent and severe veld fires threaten farm production and drive up ...
‘Don’t be a cowboy in fire season!’
One of the worst fire seasons in the country’s history is expected this year in the summer rain region due ...
Concerns about further cuts to firefighting budget
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has confirmed that the budget for the government’s firefighting programme, Working on ...
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