Stock theft continues to trouble Palapye farmers

According to Palapye Police Station commander, Superintendent Koziba Phuluweni, the situation has become worrisome as thieves appear to have devised new ways of carrying out the crimes. He said the police have observed that in most of the reported cases, thieves use vehicles to load stolen goats, making it easier for them to flee undetected. “In many of the scenes we have visited, we often find car tyre marks not far from the kraal, suggesting that the thieves use vehicles to transport the stolen goats. As for cattle, they seem to take advantage when the animals are grazing in the open fields, away from the presence of herders,” Phuluweni said.

He explained that goats kept in kraals located in the outskirts of the village or on the lands are the most targeted, particularly those belonging to farmers who do not have herders to look after them.