Deputy Minister Makhotso Sotyu to officially open the second annual Free State Wildfire Expo for central South Africa, in Bloemfontein, Free State.
02 May 2024
The Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Makhotso Sotyu, will officially open the second Annual Free State Wildfire Expo for Central South Africa, on Friday, 03 May 2024, in Bloemfontein, Free State.
The expo brings together government, Fire Protection Associations, landowners, farmers, academia and wildfire experts from the Free State and Northern Cape provinces. The Working on Fire programme which is an internationally acclaimed Extended Public Works Programme of the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment will exhibit its resources and showcase methods it utilises to extinguish wildfires when deployed on local and international missions.
Members of the media are invited to attend the event as per details below:
Date: 03 May 2024
Time: 08:30
Venue: Be-Human @ Middelwater Farm, R30 Brandfort Road, Bloemfontein, Free State
To RSVP, contact:
Michael Mokoena
Mobile: 082 906 5795
E-mail: mmokoena@dffe.gov.za
For media enquiries, contact:
Peter Mbelengwa
Mobile: 082 611 8197