The village is located south-east of Francistown, near the border with Zimbabwe, and it has a primary school.

[1] Tshokwe is 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the village of Tobane, to which it is connected by a footpath.

The village is extremely poor, and was afflicted by an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, which caused the cattle to be destroyed.

Before work started on the dam, the government arranged for counselling services on AIDS both to construction workers and to residents of Chokwe as well as of the Mmadinare, Robelela, Matopi, Matsiloje and Patayamatebele villages.

Preparations were made for additional demands for health and policing services.