Antivenom shortage leads to death of Zululander

The countrywide shortage of antivenom hit home last week when one Zululander sadly lost her life to a snake bite.

Martha Siphiwe Masango (58), a housekeeper at a lodge in Pongola, was getting out of the shower at around 7pm on Tuesday when she was bitten by a Mozambican spitting cobra (mfezi) on her right calf…

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