News24 | PODCAST | The Lead: The reality of KZN’s FMD outbreak. Plus: Tony Leon on next DA leader

We cross to rural KwaZulu-Natal to scope the true scale of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak among cattle, before checking in with former DA leader Tony Leon, with his tips and suggestions for the next party head.

KwaZulu-Natal has emerged as the epicentre of the current devastating outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) among cattle, with farmers, desperate for the new locally made vaccine, resorting to the worst to protect their livelihoods.

We get a sense of the situation on farms with our roaming KZN reporter, Sakhiseni Nxumalo, who tells us farmers are shooting their infected livestock.

Meanwhile, former DA leader Tony Leon offers John Steenhuisen’s eventual successor some strong pointers, and any guesses who his money is on?
Finally, we tune in for our regular segments; On This Day in SA History and the ever-challenging Rauby’s Pointless Braai Quiz.

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