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DPP sets up regional office in Palapye

STAFF WRITER

The Directorate of Public Prosecutions is setting up a regional office in Palapye as part of long term plans to phase out the police from doing prosecution work.

"Gradually people will see more lawyers taking up prosecution duties to relieve police officers who are overwhelmed by their police work," says Chief Prosecuting Officer, Wesson Manchwe, who is the Officer in Charge of the Palapye regional office.

The office will cover Botswana's South Central villages such as Shoshong, Mahalapye, Serowe, Palapye itself and Tswapong in general.

Manchwe says the office is starting with an initial team of 15 lawyers and that the team will grow in the course of time.

The office is currently being partitioned in preparation for occupation. In the meantime, the DPP is temporarily accommodated in makeshift offices in Mahalapye.