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Govt considers vaccination to contain the spread of avian influenza
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is looking at the possibility of a vaccination to contain the spread and impact of avian influenza.
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development...
Western Cape confirms swine fever outbreak
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) and the Western Cape Agriculture Department, have jointly confirmed an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the Western Cape.
The outbreak...
Locust outbreak confirmed in Western Cape, Northern Cape and Free State
If you thought 2020 couldn’t get worse, think again. Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza has confirmed that there is an outbreak of locusts currently plaguing the...
Cape Town hospitality plagued
The outbreak of Covid-19 could have devastating effects for the Cape Town hospitality sector, which has only recently recovered from the over-capacity issues that have dogged occupancy levels since the 2010...
COVID-19 – What can we learn from the past?
The coronavirus outbreak has sent worldwide fear across financial markets amid concerns of a hit to the global economy. Although it is still too early to evaluate the full impact on...
DAFF outlines strategy to contain Foot-and-Mouth disease outbreak
Cape Town - The national Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) confirmed the outbreak of Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in cattle in the Vhembe District of Limpopo.
Samples were collected during a...
Listeriosis outbreak hits Tiger Brands for R363 million – and counting
Tiger Brands has published its interim financial results for the six months ended March 2018, showing what effect the devastating listeriosis outbreak has had on its bottom line.
The group recorded a...
Team to prevent Listeriosis outbreak
In an effort to prevent future Listeriosis outbreaks, the National Department of Health (NDoH) has formed a multisectoral incident management team (IMT).
“The formation of a multisectoral incident management team,...
Pork industry dwindles after listeriosis outbreak
The listeriosis crisis has tumbled South Africa's pork industry into an overnight crisis.
Profits of pork producers have dropped as much as 40%, which resulted in millions of rands of...
Health Officials Release Statement Clarifying Source of South Africa’s Listeria Outbreak
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) is concerned about recent developments and statements supposedly released as facts into the public domain about the listeriosis outbreak.
We are particularly worried...
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