For 2025, the country is going into the restriction period against a veldfire risk prediction of medium to high risk covering 70 percent of the country, a slight decrease from 73 percent in 2024
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151 000 hectares destroyed by veld fires

Stella Madzivanyika STAFF WRITER madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE country lost 150 583 hectares of land to veld fires which claimed two lives since veld fire restriction period kicked off on July 1, the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has said. This comes after the latest veld fire destroyed six hectares, five gardens and killed a grandmother in Mhondoro…

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