# Farmer-led initiative FMD Response SA says the probability of failure under the government’s current foot-and-mouth disease vaccination strategy is between 90 and 95-percent. The government aims to vaccinate 80-percent of the country’s cattle by December. FMD Response SA chairman, Stephen Butt, told Business Day TV that the only way to stop the disease spreading is […]
# The Southern Africa Agri Initiative, Saai, warns Section Ten of the foot and mouth disease vaccination scheme could worsen challenges in managing the outbreak. The farmers’ organisation argues the scheme gives too much power to the director of Animal Health despite past failures in handling outbreaks. Spokesperson Francois Rossouw cautions livestock owners may face […]
# Die landbou-organisasie Saai waarsku Artikel Tien van die bek-en-klouseer-inentingskema kan die uitdagings in die bestuur van die uitbreking vererger. Die organisasie voer aan die skema gee te veel mag aan die direkteur van Dieregesondheid ondanks vorige mislukkings met die hantering van uitbrekings. Francois Rossouw van Saai waarsku vee-eienaars kan aansienlike finansiële druk ondervind aangesien […]
# Rampbestuur in die Tuinroete in die Wes-Kaap het bevestig dat ‘n 37-jarige vrou dood is toe ‘n boom op ‘n geparkeerde motor in Knysna geval het. Die polisie sê haar liggaam is uit die motor gehaal en ‘n gedeelte van die pad is gesluit vir opruiming. Die hoof van Rampbestuur, Gerhard Otto, het mense […]
# Disaster management in the Garden Route in the Western Cape has confirmed a 37-year-old woman has died after a tree fell on top of a parked vehicle in Knysna. Police say her body was retrieved from the car and a portion of the road was closed for mopping up. Disaster management head Gerhard Otto […]
# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, maan die publiek om nou meer as ooit op hulle hoede te wees met erge weerwaarskuwings wat deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens uitgereik is. Inwoners in dele van die Wes-, die Oos en die Noord-Kaap ervaar reeds koue, nat en winderige toestande. Die departement se […]
# Oorstromings het reeds drie mense se lewens geëis terwyl swaar reën oor die land voortduur. Die Nasionale Rampbestuursentrum sê twee liggame is in die Noord-Kaap gevind na die dood van ‘n 12-jarige in Taung, Noordwes. ‘n Oranje vlak agt-waarskuwing bly van krag met gesamentlike bedryfsentrums landwyd aktief. Infrastruktuurskade is in Noordwes en die Noord-Kaap […]
# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, has urged citizens to exercise heightened caution following severe weather warnings issued by the South African Weather Service. Residents in parts of the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape are already experiencing cold, wet, and windy conditions. The department’s spokesperson, Pearl Maseko-Binqose, says they […]
# Flooding has left three people dead as heavy rains continue across South Africa. The National Disaster Management Centre says two bodies were recovered in the Northern Cape following the death of a 12-year-old in Taung, North West. An orange level eight warning remains in effect with joint operations centres active nationwide. Infrastructure damage has […]
