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Our forgotten history: Dr Jotello Festiri Soga - South Africa's First Veterinarian

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"Given South Africa’s racial history, it is almost unbelievable that the country’s first veterinarian was black – and that he earned his qualification in 1886! Dr Jotello Festiri Soga, a member of a distinguished Xhosa family from the Eastern Cape, graduated from the University of Edinburgh."


Learn more about South Africa's forgotten history and Fresh Eye, Clear Lens Productions' plans to produce a documentary film about Dr Jotello Soga, South Africa’s first veterinarian.




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