Chairperson, crime remains strife in the country and rural and farming communities bare the bulk of the brunt because they remain vulnerable as targets due to many challenges that are unique only to them. One of these challenges is the issue of livestock theft in areas such as Dondotha in KwaMthethwa, area under Kwambonambi which is Umfolozi local municipality, rural areas of uMlalazi municipality. This is a huge