by Kishugu | Nov 6, 2017 | Kishugu
Protect your property Homes of every kind, from mansions to townhouses, farmhouses and informal settlements, are increasingly encroaching on natural vegetation. As a result, wildfires are wreaking havoc on private property, threatening lives, destroying homes and...
by Kishugu | Nov 2, 2017 | Kishugu
“The staff of the Working on Fire (WOF) Department of Dispatch and Coordination are all heroes in their own right,” Lizette Heine, Head of Department for Dispatch and Coordination stated. When unwanted wildfires spread, threatening lives, properties and the...
by Kishugu | Oct 31, 2017 | Kishugu
The increase in forest fires, seen this summer from North America to the Mediterranean to Siberia, is directly linked to climate change, scientists say. And as the world continues to warm, there will be greater risk for fires on nearly every continent. On a single...
by Kishugu | Oct 4, 2017 | Kishugu
A cold front moved over the country this morning resulting in windy, rainy and cold conditions in the Western and Northern Cape provinces. It is accompanied by an intense upper trough (extension of a low pressure in the upper portions of the atmosphere) which has...
by Kishugu | Aug 28, 2017 | Kishugu
Fires cost South Africa more than R1bn in damages in 2015. As climate change fans the flames, particularly in August, Tricia Govindasamy visited one rural community using world-class technology to put out the fires. This article was originally published on FIN24tech...
