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Botswana: High Crime Rate Worries Mogae
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The Voice (Francistown)
11 March 2008
Posted to the web 11 March 2008
Amogelang Makgabenyana
Bobonong
President Festus Mogae has advised Babirwa and the nation at large to come up with ways of curbing the problem of stock theft.
During his farewell kgotla meeting in Bobonong on Tuesday, President Mogae explained that crime continues to be a challenge noting that even though there are areas where government has made achievements, crime on the other hand continues to be a problem.
He said that policing a human being is not an easy thing because the very people being watched are aware of that and would do their best to cover their tracks.
Though government continues to increase the number of police officers on a yearly basis, President Mogae said this has not been able to combat crime in the country.
President Mogae was commenting after a village report by Mr Keetile Malatsi that government should intensify security levels especially in Gobojango, Semolale and Mabolwe where stock theft has proved to be a problem.
Earlier Bobirwa's Ntlo ya Dikgosi representative, Kgosi Mmirwa Malema thanked the President for the government's decision to open a border post at Mmamabaka. Kgosi Malema said though there has been some delays with the opening of Mmamabaka Border Post, it would be quicker and easier to track livestock which has been smuggled into Zimbabwe.
He said currently residents of Bobirwa use Ramokgwebana border which is quite far.
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For his Part, Member of Parliament for Bobirwa Mr Shaw Kgathi thanked the outgoing President for all the developments that are earmarked for the area , those that have already been made as well as those that have been undertaken country wide.
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