After 30 years of democracy our farming funding model needs an urgent change. A commission of inquiry in this regard may be of real help if our government is serious about uplifting emerging black farmers. Banks and financial institutions could follow suit in funding farmers.
Emerging farmers struggle to enter markets, and on top of this we suffer livestock theft and theft of our crops. So far we have not seen the government do much to help, in fact more often they turn a blind eye. Sometimes it even looks like police officers and lawyers are colluding with criminals in the courts of law.
We brand our livestock and yet the government issues only short notices when they find stolen livestock or when they put livestock on auction. Could a commission of inquiry assist in finding out where these animals end up? Such a commission could look at how and where stock thieves hide our livestock and investigate any government officials who suddenly have huge herds in a short space of time.
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These investigations should not rule out churches, schools, butcheries, street vendors and home gathering organisers, as these thieves sell to all of them. Failing this, farmers are beginning to feel the best solution may be to organise ourselves and militarise our approach against livestock theft. As farmers we seek to ensure food security for the whole country and beyond.
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