Criminals run amok in Tlokweng
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | Tuesday February 27, 2018 13:06
Speaking at a Tlokweng sub-district council meeting yesterday, council chairperson Nnaniki Nkwe said, “A number of criminal activities such as noise, illegal shebeens, illegal immigrants and illegal dumping of waste still continue to escalate. On other issues, our police station is currently challenged by most illegal immigrants taking long in the holding cells before repatriation to their own countries and that creates a lot of cell blockages and congestion in the police holdings”.
She said the immigration personnel responsible for their collection takes long to collect hence shortage of accommodation and space.
Nkwe said offences recorded in high numbers that increased from the last reporting period to date include stealing from dwelling houses up by 16 cases from 152, breaking into motor vehicles increased by 13 cases from just 27 and lastly 28 threat-to-kill cases registered then, but now increased by 11 more.
She asked the councillors to speak at their wards to convince people to join police efforts in fighting crime that also puts their lives in danger.
On other issues, council chairperson Nkwe said the sub-district experiences challenges of sale of liquor without licences, which mostly takes place on weekends, month-ends and public holidays.
“These illegal sale of liquor has spiralled in areas of Metlhabeng, Maratanang and Masetlheng wards.”
When commenting on the chairperson’s speech different councillors said by-law officers and the police should also take action against illegal churches that operate in residential places.
Their main concern was, however, the noise pollution that some of the so-called fire churches (prosperity gospel churches) make.