Research shows that more than 85% of smallholders have at least one dog on their property and many have three or four. Some are kept […]
Tag: SECURITY
Choosing The Right Fencing For Your Animals
A smallholding that is home to livestock requires adequate fencing to ensure your livestock are safe and secure. This fencing must keep both your livestock […]
Back By Popular Demand: SA Smallholder Printed Magazine
To serve the interests of readers and advertisers in our “traditional” area of influence, namely Gauteng and surrounds, we are reintroducing a printed magazine from […]
Keep a Dog for Security
These days smallholders are quite likely to keep dogs for security purposes. Our surveys tell us that more than 85% of smallholders have at least […]
What To Do If Your Horse Is Stolen
Theft of horses, while maybe not on the increase in your area, is not going to disappear and wherever you are you run a risk […]
Equine Theft: A Growing Scourge
Theft of equines ~ donkeys and horses ~ is an increasingly prevalent form of stock theft, although the reasons for the theft of donkeys and […]
Handheld Devices For Personal Protection
With most confrontations happening between perpetrator and victim at around 10m distance, items that produce a projectile are best, says one expert in the industry. […]
What You Need To Know About Electric Fences
If your property protection is with electric fences ~ a simple and cost effective way of discouraging intruders ~ you must be mindful of the […]
Integrated alarm control from your cell phone
The third in our series of articles on security. For more, click here. Although most modern home alarm controllers can be connected to a telephone […]
Preventing stock theft
This is the second in a five-part series on security on smallholdings. To read part one, click here. Given the worsening state of unemployment and […]