Provide veterinary services to clients to ensure healthy animals and the welfare of the people of South Africa.
Animal Health
Facilitate and provide animal disease control services in order to protect the animal population against highly infectious and economic diseases, through the implementation of the Animal Disease Act (Act 35 of 1984), Animal Health Act (Act 7 of 2002) and Primary Animal Health Programmes/Projects.
Export Control
Provide control measures including health certification, in order to facilitate the import and export of animals and animal products. Also, to implement risk assessment measures in order to assess the impact of various animal disease outbreaks and the risk of importing or exporting animals or animal products to/from other countries.
Veterinary Public Health
Co-ordinate and implement various food safety projects, including the implementation of the Meat Safety Act (Act 40 of 2000) and the prevention of zoonotic or food-borne diseases.
Veterinary Laboratory Services
Provide support services to the veterinary personnel, medical practitioners and farmers with regard to diagnostic services and epidemiological investigations of animal disease outbreaks. The laboratories at Bloemfontein and Kroonstad perform valuable services in this regard despite a current critical shortage of technical staff.
Contact Details
Animal Health – Xhariep
Dr MA du Toit
Town: Fauresmith
Cell no: 066 025 4136
Dr N van Hasselt
Town: Smithfield
Cell no: 0660253347
Animal Health – Mangaung Metro
Dr VM Murenga
Town: Bloemfontein
Cell no: 0660253951
Dr D Chitauro
Town: Thaba Nchu & Botshabelo
Cell no: 0660251955
Animal Health – Lejweleputswa
Dr PL Phandliwe
Town: Welkom
Cell no: N/A
Dr M de Beer
Town: Bultfontein
Cell no: 0660253577
Animal Health – Thabo Mofutsanyana
Dr T Lerotholi
Town:Ladybrand
Cell no: 0660253108
Dr P Froneman
Town: Warden
Cell no: 0660253166
Dr M Mundia
Town: Qwaqwa
Cell no: 0660254575
Animal Health – Fezile Dabi
Dr RI Matlala
Town: Sasolburg
Cell no: 0660252815
Dr A Westerink
Town: Heilbron
Cell no: 0660251840
Dr T Anthonissen
Town: Kroonstad
Cell no: 0660253194
Veterinary Public Health
Dr JM du Toit
Town: Bethlehem
Cell no: 0660253114
Kroonstad Provincial Veterinary Laboratory
Dr SRC Hwadaya
Town: Kroonstad
Cell no: 0660253557
Bloemfontein Provincial Veterinary Laboratory
Dr P Kitshoff
Town: Bloemfontein
Cell no: N/A
Dr F v/d Heever
Town: Bloemfontein
Cell no: 0660254601
Provincial Veterinary Services
Dr KJ Mojapelo
Provincial Director
Cell no: 0727111809
Email: drkris@fs.agric.za
Dr MSK Mashishi
Deputy Director: Animal Health & Disease Control
Cell no: 0827883597
Dr J Barnard
Compulsory Community Service Coordinator
Cell no: 0660252229