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For South Africa to maintain its current access to red meat, wool and other livestock products, it must continue to strengthen its biosecurity and revive vaccine manufacturing

What excessive rain means for South Africa’s livestock

For South Africa to maintain its current access to red meat, wool and other livestock products, it must continue to strengthen its biosecurity and revive vaccine manufacturing

A protest on the Taliep Petersen Bridge on Nelson Mandela Boulevard in Cape Town on Monday against live animal export and the cattle ship in Cape Town Harbour on 19 February 2024. (Photo: Gallo Images / ER Lombard)

End the practice of shipping livestock by sea

Cows on a ship in Cape Town in a horrible situation lead to more calls for it to end

Annual consumer inflation was unchanged at 3.2% in February at 3.2%, with increases registered in housing and utilities, food and alcoholic beverages and restaurants and accommodation offset by decreases in the services sector, Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday.
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South African consumer food price inflation could average just above 6.0%

The outlook on food products prices will remain mixed, despite the recent broad increase in products prices.

Hunters and hunted: Caracal prey on rodents, hares and antelope. However, they are hunted by farmers during the lambing season. (Thomas Dressler)

Predators: Beauties or beasts?

How farmers perceive jackal and caracal — as ‘beautiful’ or ‘thieves’ — determines whether they will tolerate them on their livestock farms

People who will work at the Winter Olympics in China get fit and snow-ready. (Jun Yasukawa/The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Farmers swap sheep for skis

They’re having to learn new skills to provide support at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

Elijah Litheko

Rabbits bunny hop on sheep to flee flood

Have you heard the one about the rabbits who jumped onto the back of sheep to stay dry?

Study paves the way for Karoo lamb to join the ranks of tequila, champagne and Kobe

Research from Stellenbosch University has shown that grazing on fragrant Karoo plants gives lamb a regional taste.

In Senegal, a sheep is man’s best friend

Senegal’s most beautiful sheep is crowned in a competition that shows the bond between Senegalese men and their pets.