SA farmers rally to help douse devastation caused by Free State fires

Hundreds of thousands in feed trucked in from across the country after blazes tear through the area

27 October 2020 - 20:38 By orrin singh

When KwaZulu-Natal farmers witnessed the devastation caused by recent Free State fires, which destroyed farms and killed tens of thousands of cattle, they didn’t think twice about the 725km journey they would need to endure to provide help to their countrymen. ..

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