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Gebeurtenis EVT-000169

Runderpes trek deur suidelike Afrika

1896 · national

The cattle plague crosses the Limpopo in 1896 and kills millions of head of cattle and draught oxen across the country. Transport riding collapses; for Karoo districts the ox-wagon economy that carried wool to the ports is crippled even where flocks are spared.

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