Villages in the eastern part of Otjinene Constituency, bordering the Eiseb area in the Omaheke Region, are battling a veldfire that has destroyed vegetation and much-needed grazing.

Namibia lost a total of 920 000 hectares of grazing land due to veld fire between April this year and 15 September.

This was revealed by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism in a media statement on Thursday.