ASF China: 2nd outbreak Gansu; Mongolia reports ASF

On its way to infect zones more inland in China, African Swine Fever has been ...

FMD: Technical team met, info day on 23 January

The Technical Task team appointed by the Minister of Agriculture, Foresty an Fisheries, Senzeni Zokwana ...

No deal Brexit a major concern for the BVA

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) responded after the vote on 15 January to the outcome ...

Resolution needed to secure UK animal health and welfare says NOAH, after Brexit landmark vote

The UK  National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) urges politicians to work together to agree ...

ASF Belgium: French panic as ASF virus draws nearer

The French authorities are getting nervous now wild boar with African Swine Fever have been ...

Raising pigs without antibiotics? Plan to ‘sweat the small stuff’

Follow this rule if you’re raising pigs without antibiotics: “Sweat the small stuff.” That’s the ...

Lessons from Namibia on curbing the spread of foot and mouth disease

South Africa is in the middle of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Although it’s not ...

Labour committee begins process to correct error in national minimum wage law

Photo credit: The Economic Times Parliament’s labour committee on 16 January resolved to introduce an ...

New at SAPPO

Christian Zimelka: Consultant Christian Zimelka’s primary function at SAPPO is to strategically steer the SAPPO ...

New at SAPPO

Nico van Aardt: Consultant  (left) Nico van Aardt manages SAPPO’s Monyetla Enterprise Development Fund. He ...

Agriculture and agribusiness prospects for 2019

Political economy “The damage done to the economy and the social fabric of society by ...

South Africa’s minimum wage to apply from January 20

South Africa’s new national minimum wage will take effect from January 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa ...