Cross border livestock rustlers a worry

Livestock theft is on the rise
Livestock theft is on the rise

Cross border small stock rustlers have become a nightmare for farmers along the borderline. The rampant cross border livestock theft along Botswana and South Africa is keeping Ramatlabama police on their toes. Police are working around the clock to curb the crime with the evidence pointing to the direction of South Africa.

Ramatlabama police station commander, Superintendent Zibani Mbisana raised a concern to Mmegi disclosing to have been battling this scourge for years now. Mbisana expressed concern that the growing transnational organised stock theft networks threaten the country’s agricultural economy as farmers continue to lose their livestock at the hands of Botswana and South African syndicates.

“There is a syndicate of livestock thieves amongst South Africans and Batswana forcing farmers along the borderline to sleep with one eye open. Earlier this month, 10 goats belonging to a farmer at Pitsane village were stolen and tracked across the border. Then, the rustlers destroyed the fence of a kraal at the back and stole the 10 goats,” he said.

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