BOTSWANA COMPUTERS STOLEN FROM GOVERNMENT REVENUE OFFICE BOPA Daily News Archive:

Govt offices robbed
07 May, 2007

KANYE - Operations at the Department of Roads, Transport and Safety office in Kanye were halted on Friday after P2 391 was stolen from the cash box during lunch time.

Kanye Police Station Commander Superintendent Mpho Modisaotsile said the employees left the doors unlocked when they went out.

He said the culprits broke open the cash box and stole P2 391 out of a total of P9 544.90 in it.

The officer-in-charge of the Department of Roads, Transport and Safety in Kanye, Mr Ephraim Mokotedi said they found a spade at the scene, which they suspect was used to break open the cash box.

A pair of sunglasses was also found.

Mr Mokotedi could not say when they would start operations since they were still waiting for an audit to be conducted.

No one had been arrested at the time of going to press.

Meanwhile, Southern District Council authority have engaged a private security company after a spate of office thefts in which valuables were stolen.

In one such case, the revenue office was broken into a week ago and two computers worth P12 000 were stolen.

The computers were found missing when employees reported for work on Friday.

Superintendent Modisaotsile said that two weeks earlier another office in the RAC was broken into at night and a laptop worth between P6000-P8000 was stolen.

He added that they had also received reports that fuel was stolen from government vehicles at night.

Southern District Assistant Council Secretary, Mr Sylvester Smart said they have budgetted for provision of private security services.

The company,Watchdog, started work at the Rural Administration Centre this month.

Mr Smart said the councils night watchmen who looked after the RAC have been deployed to other facilities such as schools and clinics. BOPA