Four more die from veldt fires

Four men have died and one struggling for dear life at Bokamoso Private Hospital as the toll from raging desert fires in Zutshwa in Kgalagadi.

In the current circumstances, there will be no compensation for their dependants and other next of kin. Only the goodwill of state agents involved might bring a measure of relief.

The Principal Public Relations Officer in the Ministry of the Environment, Wildlife and Tourism, Archibald Ngakayagae, says the men were in a group of five who went to fight the veldt fires that have been raging for more than eleven days now. 

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