02 Jun 2015

Police in Kanye are worried that the rate of crime in the village and surroundings is so high that a combined effort is needed to effectively deal with offenders. 

Councillors heard during the Kanye Administrative Authority sub-council full meeting that both the Kanye and Sejelo police stations frequently handled violent and intrusive crimes committed mostly by ex-convicts and local syndicates in partnership with foreign nationals.

Touching on the police part in his speech, the sub-council chairperson Mr Tlhomamo Dibeela told the meeting that between January and March, five cases of robbery were reported, while in December, four cases were recorded.

Councillor Dibeela said house breaking, shop breaking and rape were also recorded at 18, 16 and 14 respectively. 

He encouraged councillors and other stakeholders to combine efforts and embark on crime prevention initiatives and suppress the prevailing trends lest they scare away potential investors.

He further mentioned that butcheries did not use registered abattoirs to slaughter their animals and that the meat did not pass through meat inspection processes prior to sale to consumers, which put people at the risk of contracting diseases.

The police, he said were experiencing shortage of accommodation in Kanye. Concerning, the issuance of birth and death certificates and the collection of revenue he said they had been disrupted because the computer system was down.

He said the office was still experiencing late registration of both births and deaths, adding that in the months of January to March 2015, 127 births and 10 deaths were registered late. 

About the water situation, he said kanye had always experienced water reticulation challenges attributed to the growth of the village as well as depletion of water sources (boreholes) and dilapidated infrastructure.

The chairman said in Kanye and Moshupa, the management Centre was undergoing water rationing trials, while spot bowsing was also being carried out to cover the supply/demand gaps although he said it was not a sustainable and effective option. Ends