Looted chicken farm leads to job losses

[rvZA]

After the looting of about R1.2m worth of stock which resulted in the permanent closure of the Hofina Poultry Shop outside Newcastle, residents of Madadeni say life hasn’t been the same.

According to a statement accompanying the police docket opened at the Madadeni police station, looters from the township and surrounding areas broke into the shop on July 12, 2021, vandalised it and stole about 10,000 chickens, 25,000 eggs, 500 sheep and 700 goats. The value of the damage was estimated at R1.2m.

Soon after that, representatives of the almost 50-year-old company announced on Facebook that it would be shutting its shop in Madadeni’s Section 3 for good and moving to its other site 14km away on the other side of Newcastle.

When the Sunday Times visited Hofina’s Madadeni farm, the only employee who appeared to have remained behind was security guard Mphikeleli Mnculwane. Most of the others had been transferred.

Asked how life had changed for the employees, he said: “The employees used to get here at 7.30am and leave at 3pm because they are all from Section 3. Now they travel to the new location using a bus which arrives at 6am and brings them back at 4pm, and that has been an unpleasant change.

“After the looting, four people lost their jobs, one of them a permanent employee and the other three temporary workers.”

Looted chicken farm leads to job losses

After the looting of about R1.2m worth of stock which resulted in the permanent closure of the Hofina Poultry Shop outside Newcastle, residents of Madadeni say life hasn’t been the same.

www.timeslive.co.za

 

[rvZA]

I understand the job losses. But, what will these communities eat now since this huge farm providing meat and poultry has packed up and left. They will likely now migrate to bigger towns where there are more food availability.

 

[Harold_Crick]

There is something horribly wrong with the mindset of South Africans. Nobody is looking further than two blocks down the road.

“I now realise that it was wrong to loot but I could not stay behind while others helped themselves to free chicken. But now that chicken is gone, and so are our temporary jobs”.

Literally a case of feast today, starve tomorrow.

 

[HunterNW]

@Craig_ But we schit ourselves over a couple of Boere with a Nazi salute.

 

[mojoman]

I understand the job losses. But, what will these communities eat now since this huge farm providing meat and poultry has packed up and left. They will likely now migrate to bigger towns where there are more food availability.

Well. Im sure they can try themselves a nice vegetarian diet...might do their brains some good...
Otherwise starve...I'm beyond giving a toss these days...

 

[rvZA]

There is something horribly wrong with the mindset of South Africans. Nobody is looking further than two blocks down the road.



Literally a case of feast today, starve tomorrow.

I am sure, in 2024, Cyril will come up with a plan for those who have survived starvation by then.

 

[Goosfrabba]

"According to a statement accompanying the police docket opened at the Madadeni police station, looters from the township and surrounding areas broke into the shop on July 12, 2021, vandalised it and stole about 10,000 chickens, 25,000 eggs, 500 sheep and 700 goats. The value of the damage was estimated at R1.2m."

I'm curious about the logistics of transporting that many chickens, sheep and goats

 

[Temujin]

"According to a statement accompanying the police docket opened at the Madadeni police station, looters from the township and surrounding areas broke into the shop on July 12, 2021, vandalised it and stole about 10,000 chickens, 25,000 eggs, 500 sheep and 700 goats. The value of the damage was estimated at R1.2m."

I'm curious about the logistics of transporting that many chickens, sheep and goats

21 sheep in taxi: Passenger bust! | Daily Sun

VRYBURG cops have arrested a 43-year-old taxi passenger on Saturday, 9 July for possession of 21 suspected stolen sheep.

www.dailysun.co.za

 

[dualmeister]

Other looters TimesLIVE interviewed said no specific reason motivated their actions, they just followed others.

“I now realise that it was wrong to loot but I could not stay behind while others helped themselves to free chicken.

 

[Kosmik]

There is something horribly wrong with the mindset of South Africans. Nobody is looking further than two blocks down the road.



Literally a case of feast today, starve tomorrow.

Its sad because even if one ignores modern tech or concepts, surely in a tribal agrarian society there should have been some forethought of winter/seasonal planning.

Its very much a mindset of take now whatever I can and burn the consequences.

 

[Craig_]

@Craig_ But we schit ourselves over a couple of Boere with a Nazi salute.

Without even reading the article I can tell you that "shoot to kill" would've prevented this shitshow. We are governed by a bunch of wussies without any balls.

 

[My_King]

There is something horribly wrong with the mindset of South Africans

Please, not all of us are the same.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

"According to a statement accompanying the police docket opened at the Madadeni police station, looters from the township and surrounding areas broke into the shop on July 12, 2021, vandalised it and stole about 10,000 chickens, 25,000 eggs, 500 sheep and 700 goats. The value of the damage was estimated at R1.2m."

I'm curious about the logistics of transporting that many chickens, sheep and goats

It's incredible how energy levels spike when there is stealing and looting to be done.

Suddenly productivity is sky-high and a 5-day work week is condensed into a few hours.

 

[Kornhub]

Jirre wtf ,looting of about R1.2m

 

[AstroTurf]

Its sad because even if one ignores modern tech or concepts, surely in a tribal agrarian society there should have been some forethought of winter/seasonal planning.

Its very much a mindset of take now whatever I can and burn the consequences.

Guess they never hear this story as kids.

The Ant and the Grasshopper - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Hemps]

Add to the list.

 

[Senor]

Looting is the word we have come to use to describe theft and destruction that is allowed by law enforcement and government.

 

[die_koos]

These people know who the looters were, it's people who live and work next to them in their community.
Go and report them at the police. Or use some gentle persuasion to convince the looters to go and offer their labor for free at the affected farm to help restore it to profitability.

There is a middle road between relying on the failed SAPS to catch criminals and vigilante justice. Communities like these must come together and make it very clear to the looter, thieves and rapists in their midst that their behavior will not be tolerated.

 

[Benedict A55h0le]

These people know who the looters were, it's people who live and work next to them in their community.
Go and report them at the police. Or use some gentle persuasion to convince the looters to go and offer their labor for free at the affected farm to help restore it to profitability.

There is a middle road between relying on the failed SAPS to catch criminals and vigilante justice. Communities like these must come together and make it very clear to the looter, thieves and rapists in their midst that their behavior will not be tolerated.

These people are the looters. And they are violent. The few docile people within the community will never stand up against the looters.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Looted chicken farm leads to job losses

After the looting of about R1.2m worth of stock which resulted in the permanent closure of the Hofina Poultry Shop outside Newcastle, residents of Madadeni say life hasn’t been the same.

www.timeslive.co.za

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