We Need To Create A Safer Botswana

Social media platforms like Facebook are always busy with debates, some serious while others are playful in nature. Different societies debate issues that affect them and sometimes the issues even catch the attention of international communities.

One of the hottest topics on social media currently is crime. A group of people who wanted to assist victims of crime recover their properties started a Facebook page; Fight Crime in Gaborone. This is one of the most active groups on social media, in that an hour hardly passes without someone posting about their experience at the hands of criminals. The recent mob killing of a young man alleged to have been a known smash-and-grab thief started an explosive debate. It pitted those in support of the mob action, against those who saw the act as inhumane. The debate still left some people feeling mob justice might be the only way to curb petty crimes in the country.