1. H.H. Bennett, 1945, Soil Erosion and Land Use in the Union of South Africa (Pretoria, South Africa: Department of Agriculture and Forestry), p.23.
2. C.L. Wicht, 1948, ‘The Role of South African Forestry in the Conservation of Natural Resources,’ corrected proof, paper presented at Conference Africaine des Sols, Goma, Congo Belge, November 1948, p.2.
3. F.H. Wroughton, 1948, ‘To Burn or Not to Burn,’ JSAFA, 16, 76–8;
4. C.L. Wicht, 1948, ‘Hydrological Research in South African Forestry,’ JSAFA, 16, 4–21, 12.
5. For the Wicht report’s recommendations on prescribed burning, see 40–1. On the Department’s decision and failure to implement it, see A.H.W. Seydack and S.J. Bekker, 1993, ‘Review of Fynbos Catchment Management Policy,’ Unpublished Report, Republic of South Africa, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, copy from author Seydack, pp.1–2.