Farmers on the border of the Free State and Lesotho experience more problems by the day.

Owners from Sandstone Estates close to Ficksburg can witness what happens on a regular basis.

One of their Blesbok was torn apart by wild dogs coming over from the border of Lesotho.

"This is one of many problems which we experience on the border", said Mr. Mike Myers, one of the Estate directors.   "More than once already holes have been dug in our dams and we have lost a lot of water.  We cannot control the cattle  that comes over the border either.  Sickness is distributed by these cattle. "

Myers said that they had 1600 cattle last year, but they had to sell everything after the cattle were infected with a contagious disease. This caused pregnant cows to lose their foetuses, it simply just slipped out.

"Theft is a problem.  This is very bad - we just bought these Blesbok together with some Springbok."  He mentioned that they walked on the farm noticing these dogs lying next to the Bok.  Their noses were covered in blood.

We work hard together with Free State Agriculture to resolve these problems.

Mr. Henk Vermeulen, Senior Manger of Free State Agriculture, said the organisation is still in the process to take the government to court in respect of the insecure border.

It is situations like these that show once again that incidents happen on a daily basis.

Furthermore it goes about the security aspect and the government's responsibility to protect it's citizens.    

Vermeulen mentioned that the appropriate statements have been worked in and they expect that it should be in court one of these days.  It is your constitutional right to farm safely and to live safely. We are talking about food supply, but how can we talk about it if the suppliers are not even safe.