Eight Hours On The Beat

The Monitor reporter Greg Kelebonye and photographer Moreri Sejakgomo spent a Saturday night on the beat with Mogoditshane police patrol teams...

Mogoditshane Police Station has one of the vast, most dangerous, most crime prone jurisdictions in the country.The area stretches from Mogoditshane to Gabane in the west, to Kopong, Metsimotlhabe, Gakuto and Matseta in the north - an area whose reputation preceeds it. Here unarmed police are no match for the thugs. The death of one of the officers at the hands of a known thief and murderer, though happened a few years back is still fresh in the minds of the residents and colleagues. So dangerous is the Mogoditshane proper policing area, which Senthumole, Ledumadumane, Maipei, Tsolamosese, Smodern and Boseja that any resident would know of someone who has been a victim of crime perpetrated by the area's marauding gangs.

But the police are not daunted by the task facing them. They are determined to bring order to this chaos. For sometime now they have been, on a daily basis, patrolling the streets in the many pockets of their area of jurisdiction.

Editor's Comment
Prosecutors deserve better

These legal professionals, who are entrusted with upholding the rule of law, face numerous challenges that compromise their ability to effectively carry out their duties.Elsewhere in this edition, we carry a story on the lamentations of the officers of court.The prosecutors have raised a number of concerns, calling for urgent attention from all relevant stakeholders, including the President, Minister of Justice and the Attorney General. Their...

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