Police volunteers can go if they wish - Khama

President Khama said this during his address to Mogoditshane residents at their main Kgotla yesterday. He was responding to Mmamenwana Magakwa, a Mogoditshane resident who asked the president to feel pity and increase the stipend given to police volunteers given that their work is risky yet they are not covered by any insurance.

She told the President that she had to quit due to the risky nature of police volunteering. Magakwa therefore, pleaded with the President to increase the volunteer's stipend from P400 per month.President Khama told Magakwa that it is up to an individual to stop volunteering, as there are many people who need that P400 and will gladly fill the space. He said the reason that it is called 'volunteering' is because people offer to work at their own free will. He said that volunteering is part of contributing towards fighting crime.