Police in Chobe have recorded low criminal and road traffic offences this just ended Easter Holidays as compared to the previous years, same period.
This was revealed by District No.7 Officer Commanding Senior Superintendent Meshack Pulenyane who attributed their increased visibility across the district, night patrols and also deployment of police along the border for patrols for the reduction.
According to him, they have recorded a total of 328 road traffic offences, two cases of wildlife vehicle collision, four of assault and one of noise and nuisance.
As for road traffic offences, Pulenyane indicated that they have recorded 63 cases of over speeding, 10 of driving without a license, four of failure to obey a stop sign and 19 of failure to wear a seat belt.
He added that they have also registered a total of 32 cases of general defect, nine of failure to comply with road markings and driving unregistered motor vehicle respectively. He indicated that the two wildlife vehicle collision incidents involving a buffalo and an antelope were recorded in Kasane and Pandamatenga.
Meanwhile, Pandamatenga Police Station Commander Superintendent Azhani Mokokomane stated that out of the 328 road traffic offences recorded in the district 34 of them were recorded in his policing area. He stated that the 34 cases include disobey of road signs, overloading of passengers and general defect.
He also revealed that they have recorded one case of wildlife vehicle collision in which a 37-year old male citizen driving a Toyota Fortuner hit Kudu/antelope in the A33 highway near Pandamatenga village on the 17th April 2025. He said that the vehicle driver suffered minor injuries and the vehicle was damaged while the animal died.
Mokokomane said that they have also recorded three cases of common assault in Pandamatenga, which all happened at the pubs/bars.
One case of common assault contributing to a total of four cases recorded in the district is reported to have been recorded in Kazungula, New stance ward on the 19th April 2025. Kazungula Police Station Commander Superintendent Peter Masole has revealed that during that day two men aged 33 and 32 were involved in a fight with a 46 year old male, subsequently hitting him with an axe handle on the legs.
Masole stated that the victim who suffered broken legs is currently hospitalised at Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital in Francistown.
