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Heavy sheep grazing was applied singly and repeatedly at two, four, six and eight weeks after an August burn in the Highland Sourveld. Treatment effects were recorded prior to and after grazing, in November and for some treatments, in March. Repeated early spring grazing favoured Themeda triandra over Elionurus muticus and Diheteropogon filifolius as estimated by tiller height but there were few differences among species by November and March. For each species, treatment effect was obvious in November but there was little difference by March. The vigour of T. triandra was greater than that of E. muticus and D. filifolius under repeated early spring grazing. The method shows promise as a veld rehabilitation practice provided the veld is rested for an adequate period of time once T. triandra growth is about two weeks old.