Theft tops overall crime figures
Thursday, March 09, 2017
A crime statistics report released on Tuesday showed that theft and related offences accounted for nearly a fifth of all offences in 2013.
Other leading offences included dangerous and negligent acts at 12%, road and traffic offences at 10% followed by attempts or threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences all at nine percent.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...