‘Veld fires can destroy 13% of Zim countryside’

AT least 13,27% of Zimbabwe’s countryside faces an extreme high risk of being devoured by veld fires with four provinces prone to the menace, a Cabinet minister has said.

Zimbabwe launched this year’s National Veld Fire Week in Bulawayo under the theme: “Prevent Veld Fires — Protect the Environment and Livelihoods.”

Every year the fire week is launched in the second week of May, according to the country’s National Fire Strategy.

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