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| Title: | Cross-Border Cattle Rustling and its Socio-Economic Impact on Rural Southern Swaziland, 1990-2004 |
| Author: | Simelane, Hamilton Sipho |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Periodical: | Journal of Contemporary African Studies |
| Volume: | 23 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Period: | May |
| Pages: | 215-231 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Swaziland - Eswatini |
| Subjects: | theft cattle Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) History and Exploration Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Economics and Trade Ethnic and Race Relations |
| External links: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02589000500176107 http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=426E9AFAB590036A5EEC |
| Abstract: | Cross-border cattle rustling on the Swaziland border with Mozambique and South Africa is rife and finding a solution is now a matter of urgency for researchers, policymakers and economic planners. Focusing on the Swaziland-South Africa border, this paper examines this problem, especially the manner in which it has impacted on the survival strategies of the local inhabitants. The frequency of the problem has become an important factor in undermining the well-being of rural societies in Swaziland, where cattle play a crucial role in economic relations. This has been particularly the case since the 1990s when levels of unemployment rose significantly. Cross-border cattle rustling should, however, not be viewed as an architect of the economic problems in the area, but as a contributing factor to their intensity. The inhabitants of southern Swaziland have not been passive victims, but have reacted to the problem in different ways. The responses have shifted from operating within the country's legal framework to the formation of vigilante groups, who have taken the law into their hands. Bibliogr. [ASC Leiden abstract] |
