Car theft in East Africa IS big business! Loads of armed car jackings but if you drive a LandRover you're pretty safe. In East and South Africa Landrovers are not particularly targeted by criminals. Toyota bakkies, cruisers, hiluxs and combis are more sort after. But if they do want to pinch your car, punching the lock out with a screwdriver is an old faithfull so:
1. replace normal door locks with the Solex type.
2. Fit a Mul-T-lok gear lock.
More likely is smash and grab - so don't leave valuables such as GPS's, cell phones etc in view. I actually cut a hole in the load bed above the spare wheel mount and welded in a safe - only to be accessed in secure areas = in which we kept forex and passports.
Sand ladders were mounted and secured over the rear side windows and I fabricated a grill to go over the rear window. EVERYTHING externally mounted was chained and padlocked inc. the poo spade!
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