The farming community has bemoaned the lack of support from authorities to combat stock theft. The sector loses billions of rands annually due to stock theft. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu ,his deputy Cassel Mathale and National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, held a stakeholder engagement with the farming community in Bloemfontein to address the issue. The event brought together top officials from the hardest hit provinces - Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Limpopo as well as farming communities from affected provinces to discuss the escalating stock theft. Ishmael Modiba reports.....