Masisi and the war against crime

Police SSG. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Police SSG. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Ever since he was sworn into office, President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s reign has been characterised by a steep rise in armed robbery cases especially cash-in-transit heists, rape, murder and smash and grab, to mention but a few. 

Under Masisi’s term, mushrooming of cash-in-transit heists was experienced as robbers continued to find their way into businesses, over powering the police and security guards and making off with large sums of money despite the police’s determination to fight the scourge.

Criminals have been wreaking havoc, a situation that was worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The robberies surfaced increasingly in the year 2021 with weekly occurrences of crime in the country’s capital city, something that kept the police on their toes.

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