Stock-theft bill to consider juvenile security

Minister of Defence, Justice and Security, Shaw Kgathi presented the Bill to NYD on Monday.

The Bill seeks to increase penalties for stock-theft offences and to make a provision for the confiscation of instruments used in the commission of stock-theft necessitated by the rampant cases of stock-theft countrywide. Last Tuesday, Dikgosi resolved to allow the Bill to be debated in Parliament and agreed that it was high time stiffer penalties were imposed on offenders who steal livestock.