Livestock farmers at Eunda Village in the Omusati Region and the Angolan Consul General held a meeting to discuss the growing cases of stock theft in the area.

Epukiro's Eiseb Community Against Stock Theft Organisation-CASO has petitioned against the granting of bail to the suspects implicated in multiple reported cases of stock theft.

The suspects are Synanus Karukukutu Katjiutua, Paul Gun-Gun Tjiposa, Mbeurora Tjomuho, Travold Tjandero and Mosupi Udigeng.

The Outjo Magistrates Court in the Kunene Region has remanded four men accused of stealing 31 cattle in the Outjo district last week.

The men are alleged to have operated an illegal slaughterhouse at Farm Mountbauten and Farm Bergvlei.

Police in the Omaheke Region are stepping up efforts to combat stock theft, a major challenge for livestock farmers, through a series of community outreach programs. In 2024 alone, the region recorded 365 stock theft-related cases, prompting law enforcement to engage directly with farming communities.

Police in the Kavango East and West Regions are urging local communities to assist in tackling a range of crimes, particularly stock theft, which has become a major concern.

A 45-year-old man was arrested on stock theft charges after he was caught with 14 stolen Bonsmara studs from Farm Omantumba in the Hochfeld area of Okahandja District, Otjozondjupa Region.

The cattle are valued at N$426,000.

The Namibian Police in the Zambezi Region have advised Meatco to beef up security at its Kopano Quarantine Camp, where stock theft is becoming rife at the government facility. 

The Meat Corporation of Namibia has 900 cattle quarantined there.

Located about 200 km north of Otjiwarongo,Coblenz settlement residents blame the police's slow reaction time to crime for the increase in stock theft in the area.

Just this week, residents found the internal organs and skins of about 20 goats and sheep under a bridge five kilometres from Coblenz.

Farming communities in the Omaheke Region are objecting to the granting of bail to suspects who are involved in stock theft.

The group is of the opinion that stock theft has become a serious concern in recent years, and this has robbed them of their livelihoods.

A discontented assembly of farmers gathered at Rehoboth and Okahandja over the escalating incidences of stock theft in their areas.