Livestock theft a headache for eastern Free State police - defenceWeb

By: Luis Cruz Jr. Congressman Tony Bengoa, for the province of Dajabón, expressed solidarity and announced that he will support local ranchers who have been affected by animal theft at the border. At the end of a meeting with cattle ranchers along with the army general commander, governor and other authorities in the provincial government, the legislator said that cattle theft is a problem that has been affecting the most powerful sector of the …

Livestock theft a headache for eastern Free State police - defenceWeb

In addition to being an area where livestock roams – not always of own volition – in search of grazing, police and soldiers on the eastern Free State border with landlocked Lesotho have to contend with livestock theft. Evidence of this came from Police Minister Senzo Mchunu in response to a question by Patriotic Alliance (PA) National Assembly (NA) public representative, Tandiswa Marawu. She was informed police dealt with 1 283 cases of stolen c…