Government presses ahead with decade-long plan to vaccinate national herd against FMD

Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen announces a comprehensive ten-year plan to vaccinate South Africa's cattle herd ...
BusinessTech

Dark times ahead for an important South African industry

Many experts have warned that the foot-and-mouth disease is out of control in South Africa and that it poses an existential ...
The Citizen

Foot-and-mouth disease: Cattle vaccine plan is ‘crisis, not disease control’

Farmers are sceptical of Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen’s plan of action for foot-and-mouth free status in SA.
News24

Steenhuisen targets FMD-free SA by 2036 — but for now, national disaster status

The Agriculture Minister said it was “not true” that the department had not communicated with farmers or producers around the ...

Foot and Mouth disease threatens food security

SOUTH Africa faces a looming food security crisis as Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) spreads across the country, destroying ...

South Africa's agriculture in crisis as foot-and-mouth disease wreaks havoc

South Africa is facing its worst foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in years, with farmers warning of severe economic impacts, ...
Farmer's Weekly

Steenhuisen sets out stringent 10-year strategy to contain FMD

At a media briefing in Cape Town on Wednesday, Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen outlined a 10-year strategy to contain ...
BusinessTech

World-class South African facility collapsed despite R500 million funding

Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) went from a world-class facility to a complete disaster despite receiving R500 ...
AFP on MSN

South Africa ramps up vaccinations as foot-and-mouth hits herds

PRETORIA - South Africa on Wednesday rolled out a 10‑year drive to vaccinate nearly 20 million cattle as a fast‑spreading ...

South Africa to Import Vaccines to Tackle Foot-and-Mouth Disease

South Africa will import vaccines from Argentina, Turkey and neighboring Botswana in a bid to contain an outbreak of foot-and ...
Farmer's Weekly

Pressure mounts to declare FMD a national state of disaster

Speaking to Farmer’s Weekly, ministry spokesperson Joylene van Wyk said the Cabinet memorandum requesting a disaster ...

Africa’s great elephant divide: countries struggle with too many elephants – or too few

In countries such as South Sudan, the great herds have all but disappeared. But further south, conservation success mean increasing human-wildlife conflict ...