South Africa is dealing with an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) with 50 confirmed cases of the HPAI H7 and 10 of the HPAI H5 strains, the department of agriculture, land reform & rural development says. The province hardest hit by the lethal HPAI H7 strain is Gauteng[…]
Following a feasibility study into a halaal food park in Cape Town, the Department of Agriculture in the Western Cape is now engaging Muslim stakeholders on what the future of this project could look like. The Department held a meeting on the development of a Halal Industrial Park at IPSA[…]
A second case of avian influenza was reported on a layer farm in Val, Standerton, in Mpumalanga, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on Monday. “The virus is the same strain as the initial case reported, but the two farms are not directly linked, meaning this is a[…]
A government official responsible for managing fishing allocation rights has been implicated in alleged corruption, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has said. The department said it received information about the allegations involving one of the members of the allocation team. Members of the Hawks executed a search and[…]
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