Police Robbing Ipelegeng Workers

Monday, March 10, 2014

The police may be preventing over half a million needy Batswana from earning Ipelegeng money. Started as a labour-based programme for the poor, Ipelegeng now caters for 8,500 Special Constables, who have been previously paid from police funds. The information was relayed to Parliament last week by Local Government Minister, Peter Siele, in his budget presentations.

Figures from the ministry's budget indicate that the constables are gobbling upwards of 38 percent of the P580,590,000 allocated to Ipelegeng.

Those who become special constables are either Form Five leavers or those with certificate, diploma and sometimes degree qualifications. The programme has been running for 10 years and many who become special constables almost work for life, until they quit to pursue other interests.

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