The country’s department of agriculture made this known in a statement that no humans had been affected.
The government said meat from healthy poultry was safe to eat due to strict inspections at abattoirs,
though people were urged to avoid eating any birds found dead, dying or sick.
South Africa reported an outbreak this month of H5N8 bird flu on a commercial broiler breeder farm in Mpumalanga province, where about 5,000 birds died and the rest were culled.
The H5N8 strain has been detected in several countries in Europe, Africa and Asia over the past two years, its spread aided by wild bird migrations.
Highly pathogenic among fowl, the risk of human infection is low.
South Africa suspended all trade in birds and chicken products from neighbouring Zimbabwe earlier this month after it reported an outbreak of the H5N8 bird flu at a poultry farm.
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