A zone too big for its own good :: Mmegi Online

Zone 11, which is about the size of Portugal, is the country’s second-largest disease containment zone and, for decades, an official FMD-free area. The size means villages free of the virus are stuck under the same restrictions as affected areas, including those far away, such as commercial farms INNOCENT SELATLHWA & MBONGENI MGUNI report

MOKATAKO: As Parliament wrapped up its sitting last month, legislators approved a critical motion. Boteti West Member of Parliament and Chief Whip, Sam Digwa, successfully requested his colleagues to “urgently re-demarcate existing veterinary disease control zones, particularly Zone 11, 3B”.

Digwa argued that, together with the re-demarcation, the maintenance of all zonal fences across the country would enhance livestock disease management and improve farmers’ livelihoods.

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