Farmers associations urge government to address problem of livestock theft in SA - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

  • 📰 SABCNews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 28 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 14%
  • Publisher: 51%

Business News News

Business Business Latest News,Business Business Headlines

Some farmers associations have called on government to tighten the screws in dealing effectively with the plague of livestock theft in the country.

Livestock seen with tags attached to their ears

The livestock theft scourge is impacting both commercial and emerging farmers. But over the years, things have taken a turn for the worse in this sector. “The way they kill the cows is ruthless and it keeps me awake even in the thick of the night as we have to constantly check if there’s no movement outside,” a livestock owner says.

“most of the animals that are stolen end up in abattoirs or auctions and it’s only 10% which end up in informal butcheries or locations” Willie Clack from National Stock Theft Prevention Forum.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Rampant in the Free State. SAPoliceService is not doing anything to address this challenge. Despite the fact that DALRRDgov_ZA is weaponizing GovernmentZA resources to keep MYANC in power. Not to serve the people and develop our country. Vote MYANC out 2024 FS_DARD fsgov

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 37. in BUSİNESS

Business Business Latest News, Business Business Headlines