Its production was triggered in the insects when as few as four to five solitary locusts came together, precipitating swarming behaviour. “In human history, locust plagues, drought and flood were ...

The Northern Cape is at a critical locust outbreak stage and aerial intervention is non-negotiable. The locusts there need to be stopped before they become dangerous to the farming community. The ...

Historically, locust plagues have been recorded as far back as ancient Egypt and described in the Bible. Recently, there have been several major locust outbreaks, including the 2020 outbreak in East ...

Once these areas have been declared disaster areas, Minister Didiza will be able to put together a budget and submit a requisition to the National Treasury for funding to combat the locust outbreak.

FOR the past three years an organised effort has been made by the Governments of the South African colonies to destroy the swarms of locusts that from time to time invade the cultivated districts ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources (MoAFWR) said that a recent desert locust survey and control campaign that it conducted in various governorates indicates that the current ...

Strange that the last three of the ten plagues are in a separate Torah portion. Even more striking i ...

and Pharaoh, who no faith espouses, replied, “No way!” which, as we know, caused plagues to fall on all his houses.

37 "When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, ...

Migratory locusts display striking phenotypical plasticity. Gregarious locusts at high density can migrate long distances and cause huge economic losses of crops. By contrast, solitary locusts at low ...