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• Do your and your family’s cellphones, as well as the hidden cellphone, contain a list of whom
to contact in the case of an incident?
• Are the areas around your gates and at T junctions open so that a surprise attack is difficult
to launch?
• Is your garden laid out in such a way that there are no easy hiding places?
• Do you have unique plans to ensure your safety and to outsmart criminals?
• Do you keep the security gates locked during the day?
• Are you alert when you unlock gates?
• Would you open the security gate to strangers without the necessary identification?
• Do you have immediate access to your firearms?
• Can you and your family handle firearms and use them effectively if required?
• Will your family be able to assist you if an incident occurs or if you are attacked?
• Will your family be able to ward off an attack effectively?
• Are your employees sufficiently trained and informed to assist you or get help if you
are attacked?
• Are your employees able to defend themselves?
• Do you know how to apply first aid and is your first-aid kit up to standard?
• Do you know the neighbours and do they know you, your people and your workers?
• Do your neighbours know the setup on your farm as well as access routes to the farm
and workers?
• Do you contact the neighbours regularly to determine whether everything is fine?
• Do your neighbours know when and for how long you are away from home and do they keep
an eye on your family and property?
• Do you and your neighbours exchange ideas to promote security?
• Are the stores and the workshops and tools in particular, for instance angle grinders, locked
away properly at night?
• Are the fuel tanks, poison stores, etcetera properly locked?
• Do you control your keys and store them in different places?
• Are you informed about what the law permits with respect to the arrest of a suspect and the
handling of such a suspect?
• Are you part of the Rural Protection Programme and do you regularly receive the information
provided by the SAPS?
Pietman Botha, agricultural consultant
Farm security – measure and determine your status
Continued from p. 15
• A written agreement for the transport of goods between the consignor and operator, setting out:
– The nature of the agreement.
– The loading instructions.
– The responsibilities of the parties.
• Schedule of insurance covering possible incidents with the vehicle.
The insurance must be checked by the consignor and consignee and they are therefore liable
for ensuring that the operator does in fact have insurance for protecting third parties. Although
legislation does not oblige a consignor to have a weighbridge, it requires the consignor to have
a method to determine the mass of the axes and the vehicle to ensure that it is not overloaded.
In the case of farm produce a weighbridge would be the most practical solution to comply with
legislation.
For further information, contact Alta Swanepoel on 012 332 2186 or send an email to
Alta Swanepoel, Alta Swanepoel & Associates CC