Bulwer police make unexpected double-bust for suspected stolen goats
Police in KwaZulu-Natal’s Bulwer district have arrested four suspects – two for alleged possession of stolen livestock and two more ...
Tag: livestock theft
61 000 goats, 37 000 cattle stolen in livestock crime surge, reveals Stats SA
We must ensure safety to encourage investment in and growth of the sector.
Meat safety raids expose stolen stock in Limpopo
Like their commercial counterparts, subsistence farmers in most parts of Limpopo are grappling with livestock theft. The scourge has forced ...
50 hens in a boot, 11 sheep on the back of a bakkie, 1 suspected robber caught
A Mozambican citizen appeared in the Emalahleni Magistrate’s Court on Monday after 50 laying hens were found crammed into the ...
Police crack down on livestock theft across two provinces
Police operations in Mpumalanga and the Eastern Cape have resulted in the arrest of seven suspects involved in livestock theft, ...
Stock theft – statistics show progress but also ongoing problems
While it is encouraging that livestock thefts have shown a decline since 2019, the successful recovery of stolen livestock has ...
AfriForum members find almost R1 million worth of stolen cattle
Members of AfriForum’s Delmas Hawks neighbourhood watch recovered 64 stolen cattle worth approximately R960 000 in two separate operations.
Police undermining their own livestock theft investigations
Five years after the murder of the 21-year-old farm manager, Brendin Horner, in the Senekal district, which deepened the divide ...
Klerksdorp man sentenced for swindling cattle farmers
By Joanie Bergh A 64-year-old man from Klerksdorp has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after swindling farmers out of ...
The true cost of crime
When it comes to crime, farm dwellers and city residents have more in common than they might realise.
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