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Our Living Community - 5 November 2025

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We start a hot new series this week on the brave volunteers who have to keep a cool head in hot conditions. They are the volunteers who make up the Volunteer Wildfire Services. Otto van der Walt spoke to Lee Kleynhans from the organisation about their origins and special training to be able to fight fires.
5 Nov 2025 English South Africa Science · Nature

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