Deadly diseases: South Africa’s sickly livestock𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟯 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮.
After months of torrential rain and as flood waters subside, disease-carrying insects proliferate. Some scientists are now predicting that highly contagious animal illnesses are on the horizon. As a country that was once a world leader in making animal vaccines, South Africa should be fields ahead in the prevention of these deadly diseases. But it isn’t. Onderstepoort Biological Products, the sole provider of certain vital vaccines, is in deep trouble. Eight years after a multi-million-rand cash injection to upgrade this little-known National Key Point, it’s on the brink of disaster. Carte Blanche investigates.
