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he recent termination of aid funding from the United States has significantly affected critical veterinary programmes, the South African Veterinary Association said. (Getty Images)
AVIAN INFLUENZA SOUTH AFRICA

USAid funding withdrawal threatens veterinary services in South Africa

This could reverse decades of progress in controlling epidemics and ensuring public health safety

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
Agriculture Ministure John Steenhuisen. Photo: Dwayne Senior/Getty Images
ANIMAL HEALTH CRISIS

Steenhuisen to discuss vet shortages with officials

Veterinarians are leaving South Africa for better opportunities and those staying behind are struggling to plug the gap This content is restricted to registered users and…

  • Aarti Bhana
1 min read
Veterinarians leave the country or enter private practice for economic reasons, which puts state vets in rural areas under more pressure. (Getty Images)
AGRICULTURAL BIOSECURITY

Emigration causes vets shortage in South Africa

Veterinarians leave the country or enter private practice for economic reasons, which puts state vets in rural areas under more pressure

  • Aarti Bhana
4 min read
Pangolins at the Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital NPC which specialises in the treatment and rehabilitation of indigenous wildlife
SCARCE SKILLS LIST

SA faces a decline in services as young vets emigrate

The removal of vets from the home affairs department’s critical skills list makes it hard for professionals from overseas to work in South Africa

  • Mandisa Ndlovu
3 min read