HUMANSDORP – Pointing at a calf lying motionless in a green field in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, farmer Igsahn Felix let out a heavy sigh. “That one is not going to make it,” he said.
Home to more than two head of cattle per person, the province is the beating heart of South Africa’s livestock industry.
But its endless expanses have been swept by panic since an outbreak of highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease, which was declared a national disaster in February.
The government in January rolled out a 10-year drive to vaccinate nearly 20 million cattle against the highly contagious and sometimes deadly viral infection.
But farmers like Felix, who is based near the town of…
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of genres from traditional to contemporary, including the Cape Town International Jazz Festival.
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Fun South African Fact: Despite the country’s status as a democratic republic, the Province of KwaZulu-Natal has a monarchy, specially provided for by the Constitution. Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu is the King of the Zulu Nation, has 27 kids and 6 wives and lives, literally, like a King!