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212 sheep were stolen on Thursday night on the farm Esperanza between Welkom and Odendaalsrus.

The farm belongs to Mr Jan Bezuidenhout. He discovered the theft around 0600 on Friday morning. He found his Jack Russell that guards the sheep dead, strangled to death with a wire.

Mr Bezuidenhout subsequently found 11 of his sheep of which the hind leg tendons were cut off. There were many lambs amongst the missing sheep and in follow up operations with the Police a number of sheep and lambs were found back, amongst others in a squatter camp outside Odendaalsrus, but no arrests were made.

Mr Bezuidenhout told Netwerk24 that in December 46 cattle were stolen from him, in February 46 goats and in April 40 sheep, and now he has to deal with the latest loss. His mealies and ripe sunflowers are also stolen from his farm on a regular basis.

-Boere Krisis Aksie / 2019-07-13
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South Africa is heading for an enormous food crisis due to the uncertain conditions that farmers are currently experiencing whilst trying to maintain their production.

It’s not just the uncertainty about land theft that makes farmers hesitate to produce, but the lack of government clarity on the issues. Farmers say they cannot incur high input costs and then hear that their farm will be seized by government for black empowerment.

It doesn’t end there either, as there is a huge water crisis in the country. In addition to the Vaal Dam, which has become a sewage dam, there are at least 130 or more water cases filed in court against the government, which means millions of Rand’s in court charges.

With the billions of outstanding debt that municipalities have to settle to the Water Board, the infrastructure is also a cause for concern, as the decay is clear to everyone, and no one moves a finger to prevent it from collapsing further.

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