Article: Winter strains visibility: AA.(Motoring)

Article: Veld Fires Continue to Rage in S. Africa
Xinhua English Newswire;  October 8, 1997 ;     371 words ...Veld fires continue to rage in South Africa's Northern Province while fires in ... The fires were suspected to have been started by heat or lightning. Veld fires in Eastern Cape, burning unabated since last Thursday, was finally contained ...

Article: Veld fires increased air/pollution ...
Cape Times (South Africa);  March 18, 2009 ;     583 words ... ... significantly in the past three months, and the recent spate of veld fires has contributed to this, city health officials say. Reports ... were higher in those three months than in previous years. Veld fires had contributed significantly to this, health portfolio committee ...

Article: The veld fires are no surprise, but the lack of ...
Cape Times (South Africa);  March 6, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... there are going to be high winds, there are going to be veld fires. And there is another inevitability about these fires - unlike ... houses or lives are lost. When houses or lives are lost in our veld fires it is almost always because the fire goes into alien stands ...

Article: Up to 40 veld fires around city each day.(News)
Pretoria News (South Africa);  September 2, 2008 ;     439 words ... ... tinder dry grass are providing ideal conditions for runaway veld fires which threaten wildlife and households. Tshwane Emergency ... spokesperson Johan Pieterse said they were attending to as many as 40 veld fires per day. "It is a huge concern for us and we urge the community ...

Article: Firefighters/out in force as/homes gutted,/veld ...
Cape Times (South Africa);  December 21, 2006 ;     456 words ... ... DOLLEY FIREFIGHTERS battled strong winds to contain a number of veld fires while four separate blazes in informal settlements left about ... Command Centre, said firefighters battled more than 17 small veld fires across the city yesterday. In Strandfontein, they struggled ...

Article: Defensive planning can save lives and homes from unpredictable ...
Cape Times (South Africa);  January 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... fire season so far, but summer is a long way from over. Veld fires that have recently burnt down homes in Hermanus and elsewhere ... Homeowners should take precautions to protect their assets from veld fires. If a home is built in a fire-prone area - and anywhere ...

Article: Veld fires possibly led to plane crash; Student ...
The Star (South Africa);  August 29, 2007 ;     693 words ... ... Kerk. She said investigators were to return to the crash scene later yesterday. "We understand that there had been some veld fires in that area and it is possible that there was a lot of smoke that caused him not to see clearly or become a little disoriented ...