NEWS
Stock theft: Lawmen get serious
T
he fact that a magistrate in the Free State
found a farmer guilty in
July of not being able to
present proof of a "Document
of Identification" as required
by Section 6 of the Stock
Theft Act for a livestock sale
and imposed a fine of R30
000 or twelve years' imprisonment shows that the South
African judiciary has begun to
realise the economic and
emotional impact of livestock
theft. That's the view of the
National Stock Theft
Prevention Forum which
urges all role players in the
RAINFALL
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measures had to be taken to
feed starving livestock, and
staples such as maize and
wheat had to be imported at
high costs to make up for
shortfalls in local harvests.
And, South Africa suffered an
livestock industry to cooperate in the prevention of
stock theft by abiding by
existing laws.
The forum adds that since the
adoption of the Animal
Identification Act, No 6 of
2002, in 2003 stock theft has
decreased immensely.
However, stock theft still
stripped the economy of
estimated R2 billion loss on
agricultural exports as a result
of the drought.
Currrently, the best predictions for the coming season
are that there is a 75% chance
of a weak La Nina effect
developing which, if it does,
and if certain other climatic
effects in, for example the
Indian Ocean, play along,
should mean better rainfall in
southern Africa.
But a 75% chance of a La
Nina effect developing is far
MAILBAG: inNAMES
which three of the boys
From page 5
were all named Mohammed.
girls named Urika
I appreciate that often the
and Urisha, which led to
local Imam names the new
some confusion, as will the
born babies, but, with
boy and girl combination of
respect, perhaps the family
Ndumiso and Nondumiso.
And then there was the family could have pointed out the
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problems they must have
encountered.
Thanks for a fun and informative magazine.
Violet M
Abmarie AH