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Zanu-PF MP engages IT experts to curb stocktheft

Gwanda South legislator, Omphile Marupi (Zanu-PF), has taken a proactive step in addressing the rampant issue of stocktheft affecting communal farmers in his constituency by engaging information technology (IT) experts to install livestock…

Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 14:46hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter

Communities uses WhatsApp in stocktheft fight

SOCIAL media network application WhatsApp is helping villagers in Kezi-Maphisa, Matebeleland South, in the fight against stocktheft.The villagers say they have taken advantage of the instant communication platform to alert fellow villagers…

Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:22hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

2 Zimbabweans nabbed for cross-border stocktheft

South African police on Friday arrested two Zimbabweans and a national of that country for allegedly stealing goats and sheep valued at about R118 000.The trio stole the livestock in Zimbabwe and sold them in South Africa where there is a …

Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:52hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

11 Batswanas involved in murder and stocktheft in Guyu

The Zimbabwe Republic Police have said they are investigating cases of murder, kidnapping, malicious damage to property, assault, stocktheft and unlawful entry into premises and theft which occurred in Guyu and Tuli areas on 1st April 2022…

Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 17:35hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Police lobbying for 30-year stock theft jail terms

POLICE are lobbying the Attorney General's Office to ensure that the mandatory sentence for stock theft is increased from nine to 30 years per beast, with theft of a chicken attracting a five year mandatory sentence.Addressing villagers fr…

Published: 15 May 2017 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

Stock theft drops by 37% in the Midlands Province

Stock theft in the Midlands Province has dropped by 37%, thanks to the branding of the herd which many farmers have adopted.This was said by the officer commanding Midlands, Senior Assistant Commissioner Abigal Moyo at the re-launch of the…

Published: 19 Dec 2016 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Magistrate, lawyer in trouble over stocktheft fine

A GWERU lawyer and a magistrate have been exposed after Bulawayo High Court Justice Nokuthula Moyo reversed a judgment made in a stock theft case early this year.Justice Moyo reversed the ruling passed by Gweru magistrate Gertrude Mayonyos…

Published: 07 Jul 2014 at 08:07hrs | 13 | by Kamangeni Phiri

Parliament should make cattle branding compulsory

There should be an Act of Parliament compelling all farmers to brand their cattle as a way of curbing stockâˆšÃ‡Â¬â‰ theft, an official has said. Assistant Commissioner (responsible for crime) in Mashonaland West Province Bobby Murwira sai…

Published: 02 Oct 2012 at 04:48hrs | 1548 | by Staff reporter

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