Parliamentarians are greatly concerned that the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has had to slice some R2.4 billion from its R16.8 billion budget.

The SA agricultural sector has thus far successfully harvested summer crops with minimal interruption from the pandemic.

“To steal”  (verb) – “to take another person’s property without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.”  (Dictionary: Merriam Webster)

There is a growing volume of literature outlining what ought to be done to reconstruct the economy after the devastation of this pandemic.

The South African agricultural sector has thus far successfully harvested summer crops and horticulture with minimal interruptions from the pandemic.

Claims of kingpins in charge of well-planned crime operations with connections in government, highly trained hit squads using children to secure intelligence in farm attacks, occasional acts of intimidation to force landowners from their property, and inhuman physical trauma inflicted on victims of such heinous crimes speak of the evil that characterizes incidents committed against inhabitants of some of the remotest locations in South Africa.