Farmers sleep with one eye open as stock theft costs SA R1.4bn annually

Farmers sleep with one eye open as stock theft costs SA R1.4bn annually
By Bongani Hans
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DURBAN - LIVESTOCK theft is costing the South African economy about R1.4 billion annually, said Willie Clack, the national chairperson of the National Stock Theft Prevention Forum (NSTPF).
As a result of the damages caused by this crime to the agricultural industry, NSTPF said it would always consider livestock theft as “serious” irrespective of decreases in the crime.
“It does have a serious impact on people,” he said.
Despite the fact that Police Minister Bheki Cele, in his 2020/21 crime statistics report, indicated that livestock theft declined by 6.9 percent, farmers, especially in the Free State, Eastern Cape and Western Cape, still sleep with one eye open.

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