Building a Perfect Pest: Environment, People, Conflict and the Creation of a Rinderpest Epizootic in Southern Africa

Marquardt, Gary

doi:10.1080/03057070.2017.1291162

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“…Between 1895 and 1899, Botswana was plagued by a combination of severe drought and locust infestations, which were compounded by the outbreak of rinderpest and a surge in human suffering (Marquardt, 2017; Molosiwa, 2014). This tripartite of pestilences resulted in up to 20% of the country’s population perishing, along with most of the territory’s livestock and much of its wildlife.…”

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“…According to the Bechuanaland Annual Report for 1896–97 , the rinderpest pandemic decimated “not less than 90 per cent of the enormous herds of the country’s cattle” ( Bechuanaland Annual Report 1896–97 ). Rinderpest, which had the ability to hitchhike on humans and transport vehicles, nearly wiped out much of the ruminating livestock and wild ungulates, such as impalas (Marquardt, 2017; Molosiwa, 2014).…”

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Sanitize the Man, Sanitize the Car: COVID-19 Disease Control in Botswana

Aiyuk

Molosiwa

2023

Journal of Developing Societies

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COVID-19 has dominated global health since it became a global pandemic in early 2020. It has stressed global health systems and pushed many other health concerns to the back burner. There is an urgent need to look for innovative ways to tackle the pandemic in a sustainable and transferrable manner. This article examines the COVID-19 control measures in Botswana. It describes the innovative government actions taken to control the pandemic. It also presents the observations of the authors, who have observed these actions around the country. They report on the effectiveness of the control cordon belts and the disinfection of people and animals as well as the sanitizing of objects like shoes and cars that pass across the control boundaries. Based upon the effectiveness of the control measures in Botswana, the authors recommend an innovative disease control framework for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases which they contend is replicable in other countries.

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Section: Botswana’s Share Of Pandemicsmentioning

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Sanitize the Man, Sanitize the Car: COVID-19 Disease Control in Botswana

Aiyuk

Molosiwa

2023

Journal of Developing Societies

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Manufacturing dissent: The racialization of opposition to animal advocacy in South Africa

Galgut

Glover

2021

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In 2015, some members of the Humanities Faculty at the University of Cape Town proposed that animal products be taken off the menu at official Faculty functions. The proposal was rejected. Cordeiro-Rodrigues, in his paper “The racialization of animal advocacy in South Africa”, this journal, blames the proposers for this rejection, claiming that “the proposal’s approach neglects the racialized history of animal advocacy in South Africa, while also being carried out at an inopportune time and context.” We dispute Cordeiro-Rodrigues’ claims on a number of grounds, and argue that not only does he fail to substantiate his claims against the proposers, he also mischaracterizes the history of animal advocacy in South Africa, and, most worryingly, ignores the immense suffering perpetrated on animals in animal agribusiness.

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Building a Perfect Pest: Environment, People, Conflict and the Creation of a Rinderpest Epizootic in Southern Africa

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Sanitize the Man, Sanitize the Car: COVID-19 Disease Control in Botswana

Sanitize the Man, Sanitize the Car: COVID-19 Disease Control in Botswana

Manufacturing dissent: The racialization of opposition to animal advocacy in South Africa

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