The Northern Cape Police in partnership with departments of Agriculture, Home Affairs adopted a multi-faceted approach in the execution of the Operation Siza Nani (Operation Help One Another).

The Operation kicked started on the 01 August, with the purpose of raising awareness regarding the serious crimes such as stock theft more particularly in the rural areas. During the operation the farmers were talked to with matters pertaining to stock theft legislation and the livestock were brand marked and tattooed.

“The role of the Department of Home Affairs in the Operation Siza Nani it is to verify the details of the farm employees during farm visits. The details which will be verified are the identity documents and passports of the employees in the farms. This will be in an endeavor to check if the employees are not illegal immigrants who are employed in the farms” lieutenant Sergio Kock said.

Farmers are encouraged to continue to brand mark their livestock as this will reduce the rate of stock theft in the Northern Cape Province.

The farmers who are ignoring the call to brand mark and tattoo their livestock shall be issued with fines, if they are found not complied with the prescripts of the legislation, which regulates the livestock brand marking and tattooing thereof. 

“The cooperation amongst the relevant role players shall be heightened and all the hot spots will be monitored. We will continue to embark on road blocks, cross borders operations, to combat the illegal transportation of livestock and stock theft” he said. 

Kock said since the operation kick started, the farmers in De Aar Cluster and Hartswater clusters welcomed the Operation Siza Nani, with its content of education and awareness regarding livestock brand marking and tattooing of the livestock. The operation is on-going.

Operation Siza Nani will be held in Kuruman Cluster in the month of October 2014.

The farmers are encouraged to brand mark and tattoo their livestock.
-TDN
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