Stock-theft bill to consider juvenile security

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Members of Ntlo Ya Dikgosi (NYD) have said that the Stock Theft (Amendment) Bill should also look into the protection of children about to face jail time for the offence.

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.

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