Simmental worth P20,000 stolen
Monday, June 12, 2023 | 1060 Views |
(Progressive Farmer image by Millertown Senepols)
This comes a few days after Botswana Police Services launched the Kgomokhumo VI Operation at Letlhakeng village.
Kgomokhumo Operation is mandated to curb the increasing incidents of stock theft and in the process restore farmers’ confidence in livestock farming and trust in the police.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...