Removing the Fear of fire

Removing the Fear of fire

Fire! The very word is enough to provoke fear in the heart of anyone who has watched a wildfire, fanned by wind, burn uncontrolled like a tornado of heat, smoke and ash, bringing death and destruction to every living thing in its path. But now, thanks to pioneering...
When a shoebox creates a magical Christmas

When a shoebox creates a magical Christmas

Drumroll, please. In 2016, the Santa Shoebox (SSB) project managed to raise an astounding 100,201 shoeboxes for underprivileged children throughout South Africa and Namibia in 2016. This was an incredible initiative to be part of. Kishugu employees from Nelspruit and...
Setting New standard in Personal Protection wear

Setting New standard in Personal Protection wear

Firefighters’ protective gear manufacturer Kishugu Clothing is expanding into the industrial work wear market. Part of the specialist Integrated Fire Management (IFM) leader, Kishugu, which implements the South African government’s Working on Fire (WoF) programme,...
Blazing or grazing – the great fire debate

Blazing or grazing – the great fire debate

Fire is a natural ecological process that has occurred for millennia on the grasslands of Africa. One of South Africa’s leading fire ecologists, Prof Winston Trollope, explains: “The African continent is prone to lightning fires and has an ideal fire climate with dry...