{"id":49594,"date":"2026-10-31T09:15:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T07:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=49594"},"modified":"2026-10-31T10:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T08:01:04","slug":"sa-confirms-african-horse-sickness-case-in-western-cape","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-confirms-african-horse-sickness-case-in-western-cape\/","title":{"rendered":"SA confirms African Horse Sickness case in Western Cape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s (SA) Department of Agriculture has confirmed a case of African Horse Sickness (AHS) in the Cederberg region of the Western Cape.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Agriculture Minister Willie Aucamp confirmed that laboratory tests conducted by the University of Pretoria verified the presence of the virus in a horse located within the country&#8217;s designated Horse Sickness Zone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While investigations remain ongoing, Aucamp noted that there is currently no evidence of widespread transmission beyond the affected property. As a precautionary measure, officials have halted the issuance of movement permits for horses leaving the immediate area until further notice to contain potential risks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":49595,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-49594","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA's Department of Agriculture confirms African Horse Sickness case in Western Cape","published_date":"2026-10-31 08:04:29","news_description":"SA's Department of Agriculture confirms African Horse Sickness case in Western Cape","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49594","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49597,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49594\/revisions\/49597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=49594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}