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Under pressure: Foot-and-mouth disease vaccines have started arriving in the country from Argentina, with further shipments expected from Botswana and Turkey but farmers fear it might be too little, too late to curb the devastation. Photo: Democratic Alliance

Farmers despair amid FMD outbreak

The psychological toll of rampant foot-and-mouth disease is colliding with debt, regulatory paralysis and the emotional weight of generational loss

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
DA leader John Steenhuisen. (Delwyn Verasamy/ M&G)

Steenhuisen confirms 274 foot-and-mouth disease cases in five provinces

Officials said South Africa’s phytosanitary and biosecurity requirements are world class and the department is awaiting bilateral trade agreements to be resolved to begin exports of beef

  • Eyaaz
4 min read