Cover page Stories
Whose wife is she anyway?
Woman's family receive magadi from two men
Two weeks after marrying the women he loved, Modise Kwati’s world came crashing down.
The 37-year-old barely had time...
Business News
My ministry at the heart of transformation – Kenewendo
Minister of Trade and Industry Bogolo Kenewendo says her Ministry is at the centre of President Mokgweetsi Masisi's transformation agenda.
Speaking this Monday at the...
Cresta donates to BLH
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Cresta Marakanelo Hotel in Gaborone donated bedding to Bamalete Lutheran Hospital.
Speaking at the handover ceremony last...
Shaping young minds
A highly driven young man from Mochudi has found a niche market in the tutorial business.
Moemedi Senwelo (26), is the founder of Crack It,...
Sports News
Female zebras raring to go
Botswana's women senior national team coach Gaolethoo 'Ronaldo' Nkutlwisang says the team is ready to compete in the COSAFA championship to be held in...
Nkobolo inspires Moroka youth
Botswana's 400m sensation, Onkabetse Nkobolo, mesmerized residents of Moroka village at the launch of the FIFA Football Foundation for Africa (FFA) this past Saturday.
Born...
Let the ball roll
BPL DISMISS FEARS OF DELAYED START TO THE SEASON
Botswana Premier League (BPL) CEO Styles Ntshinogang has confirmed the BTC Premiership 2018/19 season will start...
Court Stories
Drunken driver whose car collided with DIS car acquitted
Gaborone extension II magistrate, Lenthabile Willie, last week acquitted Tapiwa Ndwapi of drunken driving and causing an accident.
Ndwapi's car collided with that of a...
A family at war
Siblings fighter over estate
A 15 year old feud over late parents estate is tearing a Mochudi family apart.
The ugly tension played itself before Mochudi...
Motshelo for abortion
Conflict over P600.00 turns nasty
A conflict over a P600.00 debt between two industrial workers turned ugly this week with accusations of aiding a daughter...
Columns
Ray of hope
There was excitement on social media last Friday following the announcement of cabinet ministers.
With so much negativity and dashed hopes of a brighter future,...
Silly Questions
If you ever need to have surgical tape strapped to your groin, you will be much happier if you shave the area first.
I know...
Panic mode activated
Zimbos seem to be quick to press the panic button but who can blame them.
Having experienced acute shortages of basic commodities, hyperinflation and skyrocketing...
Big Weekend
Casper the Dj releases ‘strings attached’
Kgosi Tshiamo Sabone better known as Casper the DJ has dropped a soulful house album titled, Strings Attached.
The six tracks EP features a number...
Berry Heart drops ba kae
Controversial artist, Berry Heart has released a single called Ba kae (Where are they) in response to Gender Based Violence which seems to be...
Base lounge opens doors in Maun
After almost two years without a night club, Maun now has its own club in the village centre called, base Lounge.
The new club opened...
Big Interview
Easing to the top
Navigating the cutthroat world of banking
This week, The Big Interview features Obonye Malope, First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) Marketing and Communications Director.
In this candid...
A word with the Postman
TACKLING THE DIGITAL BUG
Most of us remember the joy and anxiety of having to script a letter, deposit it into the letterbox and cross...
Driving the mining vision
Eunice Mpoloka broke new grounds when she became the first woman to get a metallurgy (art and science of extracting metals from their ores...
Voice on Fashion
Beating the winter blues
Common perception dictates that winter limits people’s fashion sense, with outfits chosen for comfort and warmth rather than style.
However, Goitseone Tshimologo, one of Francistown’s...
Modelling guru benchmarks in SA
The Owner and Director of local modeling agency, X Models Agency, Latty Motlhalamme is currently in Johannesburg, South Africa to learn about how to...
Local is lekker!
Think class, elegance, fun and flirty- an ode to our unique heritage and just an overall African style story, re-created in Botswana by Batswana...
Chillin Out
Yo stagga, Cool down Biscat
At the just ended music festival that took place at the National Stadium, Bissau Gaorekwe made quite the mockery of himself.
Now we all know...
Minister PIMP
Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Culture (MYSC) Thapelo Olopeng was one envied man at a gig over the weekend.
Olopeng walked in fashionably late...
Who did this?
Reminiscent of the popular former President Ian Khama's ‘monokini’ which earned one graphic designer from Maun a few nights in a cell and a...
Featured Stories
A second chance
Makwinja triumphs in Lentsweletau/Mmopane re-run
It may have been a do-over with a different outcome, but ultimately Botswana Democratic Party’s (BDP) Bulela Ditswe re-run in...
Bus crash survivors demand compensation
Survivors of a horrific bus crash which claimed the lives of five passengers are suing the bus company and driver for compensation in a...
Born to serve
53 year old Mochudi born, Lorato Pheto is not just passionate about customer service but lives it as well.
Long before customer service was all...
