MAKHOAKHOENG villagers in Butha-Buthe district say they are living in fear of officers of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) who are carrying out a reign of terror in their area and stealing their livestock.
The villagers accuse the SANDF officers of working in cahoots with the owner of the Beginsel Farm in South Africa to deprive them of their livestock and intimidate them whenever they seek to recover their animals. Beginsel Farm is on the South African side just next to the Mohokare River which divides the two countries. The villagers did not name the Beginsel Farm owner in their petition or in subsequent interviews with this publication.
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