News24 | ANALYSIS | Foot-and-mouth outbreak: Crisis exposes years of agricultural neglect

2026-02-12 - 14:26

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen may have announced a vaccination strategy and funding redirections to combat the ongoing foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, but Rebone Moerane argues that the government’s decade-long failure to properly support veterinary services has turned a manageable crisis into a R1.8-billion emergency that exposes dangerous gaps in the country’s disease preparedness.