Bathurst Agricultural Show cancels live cattle exhibitions due to ongoing foot-and-mouth disease risk While the Bathurst Agricultural Show remains on track to deliver a full programme of family-friendly activities, agricultural displays,…
In the two months since Bathurst cattle owners made a desperate plea for aid to save their animals, 10 more cattle have died and there are daily reports of weak animals collapsing from hunger and thirst. In a particularly grim and…
Following a court order, Ndlambe Municipality has established a permit system for commonage grazing and keeping animals in residential areas, but it has not yet published or posted information about this for the public. In November, the…
There is now another court order against Ndlambe Municipality for its neglect of the stray cattle issue and its mismanagement of commonages. But will it make any difference? Residents who follow the issue might remember a very similar…
Ndlambe Municipality again given deadlines to address issues Another high court judgment has been handed down on the issue of stray cattle on Ndlambe’s roads and the municipality’s mismanagement of its commonages. Three years after…
Following the disappointing news that the 2021 Bathurst Agricultural Show, like the 2020 show, had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the imposed restrictions, it was good to see such a good turnout to support the cattle…
Cattle wandering along our roads is a regular occurrence in Ndlambe and, on Sunday, a small herd of bulls was seen at the Royal Alfred Marina entrance. It was uncertain as to whether the animals had walked down the hill along the R72 or…
Talk of the Town came across this cattle crossing on the R67 while approaching Settlers Park earlier this week. Cattle are left to stray for grazing for part of the day or night and then rounded up by their owners or herders back to their…
The Bathurst Agricultural Show is the largest agricultural show in the Eastern Cape and one of the most prestigious events on the agricultural calendar. At the pre-show planning meeting of the Bathurst Agricultural Society (BAS), held at…
A sequel in the Grahamstown High Court to the case of Ndlambe’s mismanaged commonages and the stray cattle issue, has seen the municipality again ordered to rectify all problems within set time frames, or face being found in contempt of…
Despite a High Court ruling that Ndlambe gets its act together with respect to stray cattle, not everyone seems to be aware of the problems these animals cause to road users. Driving from a reasonable bad traffic accident at the top end…
