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How foot and mouth disease ran amok

Farmers saw it coming but they couldn’t prevent it

Cows in a meadow on Mearns farm in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. All photos (except the trench with sick cows): Ihsaan Haffejee

We are in the midst of the worst foot and mouth disease epidemic in South Africa’s history.
The disease has hit cattle farms across the country, making animals sick and causing huge financial losses and emotional distress.
The epidemic exposes how the South African state has neglected its duties, and how farming communities have come together to fill the gaps.

Workers dig a long, narrow trench. It is summer on Mearns dairy farm, just outside Mooi River in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. It is hot and sticky. The men gently usher the cows, single-file, into the hole. Then they shoot…

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