In a major diplomatic effort to confront South Africa’s persistent Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) crisis, Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has secured a strategic alliance with Brazil, signing a Memorandum of Intent and a comprehensive Action Plan designed to fast-track FMD eradication.
The move comes as the South African government faces mounting pressure and legal action over what critics have called a “lethargic” response to the animal health emergency.
Meeting with his Brazilian counterpart, Minister Andre Carlos Alves de Paula, on Thursday, Steenhuisen tapped into Brazil’s hard-won expertise.
Brazil achieved FMD-free status without vaccination from the World Organisation for…
Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Established in 1995, this commission aimed
to help heal the country and address past human rights violations.

Sir Shove
Imagine jou ma skep jou kos in \’n bakkie…en die bakkie ry weg.
Houston Rocket
The child who claims to know as many proverbs as his father should be allowed to pay taxes