{"id":13243,"date":"2025-10-10T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-government-confirms-new-foot-and-mouth-disease-cases\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:17","slug":"sa-government-confirms-new-foot-and-mouth-disease-cases","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-government-confirms-new-foot-and-mouth-disease-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"SA government confirms new Foot-and-Mouth Disease cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>This bringing the total number of infections in the province to 42. Outbreaks have been reported in seven towns including Kroonstad, Viljoenskroon and Odendaalsrus, with the Moqhaka Municipality being the hardest hit. The department has urged farmers to restrict the movement of cloven-hoofed animals. The Department&#8217;s Spokesperson, Moliehi Moeng\u00a0says vaccinations are under way on affected farms.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development reminds all stakeholders that the movement of animals under quarantine without the necessary documentation is a criminal offence. These measures are critical to protect the livestock industry, prevent the spread of food and mouth disease, and safeguard the livelihoods of all farmers in the province,&#8221; Moeng said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13244,"template":"default||default","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-13243","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"South Africa's (SA) Agriculture and Rural Development Department has confirmed new cases of Foot-and-Mouth Disease\u00a0in the Free State||South Africa's (SA) Agriculture and Rural Development Department has confirmed new cases of Foot-and-Mouth Disease\u00a0in the Free State","published_date":"2025-10-10 00:00:00||2025-10-10 00:00:00","news_description":"South Africa's (SA) Agriculture and Rural Development Department has confirmed new cases of Foot-and-Mouth Disease\u00a0in the Free State||South Africa's (SA) Agriculture and Rural Development Department has confirmed new cases of Foot-and-Mouth Disease\u00a0in the Free State","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18453,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13243\/revisions\/18453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=13243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}