BTC Cable Theft Denies Batswana Service
Monday, April 15, 2019

The telecom giant says cable theft is high in Kgatleng and Maun areas. BTC is therefore pleading with the public to help stem and arrest the problem and damage to its infrastructure, which is denying service to customers.
“In the current financial year, we have been experiencing a lot of copper cable cuts and theft -both underground and overhead cables - which are being stolen and damaged at an alarming rate,” BTC corporate communications and public relations manager, Golekanye Molapisi said.
It is also hurting that whilst we all know that the Botswana Police Service (BPS) is charged functionally with the duties to investigate all forms of crime, some locals have resorted to taking the law into their own hands. It is very wrong to do that. There is also a possibility that one may wrongfully take the life of a person in the process, unless it is a justifiable case of self-defence. Recently, in the city of Francistown, some locals found...