Tati Nickel Mining Company has donated a porta cabin worth over P135 000 to the Botswana Police Service.

When receiving the porta cabin on Wednesday (25.04.2012) in Francistown, the Commissioner of Police Mr Thebeyame Tsimako thanked Tati Nickel Mining Company for the gesture saying the support facility will be used as Molapo Estate Satellite Police Station. He said the porta cabin will cater for residents of Molapo Estate, Garden View, Selepa, Satellite and nearby communities who were disturbed by increasing crime such as house break-ins, robberies and breaking into motor vehicles.

Mr Tsimako pointed out that the introduction of the facility and implementation of policing strategies and initiatives will reverse the negative crime trend in the area. He said it was because of the increasing crime in Molapo Esatate that Tati Nickel Mining Company found it fit to donate the porta cabin to help the police and Molapo Estate policing clusters to fight crime in their locality. He said the vastness of the area, absence of street lights and thick vegetation which serve as hideouts for criminals are some of the contributing factors to crime in Molapo Estate.

Mr Tsimako also expressed appreciation at the support the Botswana Police Service continues to receive from the business community in general especially during this time of economic hardships. He said the business community has donated similar structures in Gaborone at Block 5 and 6, and at Monarch location in Francistown. The Commissioner was hopeful that such initiatives will be extended to other areas in the country.

Earlier, in his remarks, the Managing Director of Tati Nickel Mining Company Mr Bogdan Kuzhel said the Company found it imperative to support the police in their endeavour of fighting crime hence the erection of the porta cabin. Mr Kuzhel said the police need support from the business entities and the public in general because they are mandated with mammoth task of protecting property and lives of the entire nation. He also said it was through strong partnership that prevails between the Company and Molapo Estate policing clusters that the idea of having a porta cabin was considered to help the police in fighting crime in the area.

The handing over ceremony was attended by the Member of parliament for Francistown South, Mr Winter Mmolotsi, the President of the Customary Court of Appeal Mr Chrisopher Masunga, Government Enclace councillor Mr Albert Mosojane, police cluster members and Tati Nickel Mining Company staff.