Archie Mokoka
The leather doctor
In 2003 Jeremiah Munguri, 41 of Masvingo came to Botswana to work for Shoe Doctor, a shoe repair and leather refinishing company.
Three years later...
Local company launches finder app
New application 'Seek It' created by a local application development company is expected to help users find emergency numbers, services and accommodation among others.
Developed...
Money in body art and Health
Tatoos have had their fair share of stigma in the past, but the disgrace associated with the ancient body art appears to have significantly...
Meet the boss
Hotel business is my passion
At 17 Gloria Orufeng discovered her passion for business and years later at 55 she has proven to be quite...
‘Crazy’ suspect attacks police officers
A 50- year- old man from Palapye who was last week shot by the police in Serorome ward for allegedly firing a pellet gun...
Disinherited
Two sisters lose family plot to brother’s wife
Two elderly Mahalapye sisters could not hide their shock after the Customary Court of Appeal kicked them...
Exposed
Fake traditional doctor beaten and ordered to pay back
A Letlhakane fake traditional doctor found out the hard way that cheating does not pay after...
From Teaching to Slaughtering Cattle
Meet the boss
The first private abattoir in the Central District, Jago Beef was launched in Palapye in 2014 putting an end to slaughter slabs...
BR Express not a Threat to Bus Operators
The famed ‘Blue train’ is back on the rails but bus operators are not worried by its return.
Bus operators are unperturbed not because the...
Palapye Fires Return
The Palapye ‘thokolosi’ that terrorised a family last year has returned with a vengeance.
The demon was blamed for the fires that destroyed the Willie...
Preschoolers sexually abused
Five- year -old children poked in the vagina with an iron rod
A preschool in Palapye is struggling to explain to angry parents how four...
Good Samaritans Donate To Disabled Children
A group of 10 ‘good Samaritans’ friends from Gaborone responded to disabled Palapye children’s plight by donating toiletry on Saturday.
Following the misunderstanding between Kopano...
Breaking new ground
TAKING CARE OF A MEN’S GAME
Football, the world’s most beautiful game as they call it is a sport largely dominated by men on and...
In charge of Palapye
Palapye has outgrown expectations and continues to grow but the fact that the council is subordinate to Central District council is not helping the...
Glowing In Glass Business
After working up through the ranks for five years, Kangangwane Makocha, 33 of Gambule ward in Masunga took his gratuity money and decided to...
Putting you behind the wheel
Woman on the move
While she was studying business and Commerce at the University of North London, she met her would be husband through...
Son, please come home for Christmas
Mother of missing man pleads with him to return
What a Christmas to have the blues!
An ailing old woman’s son is gone and no one...
We Didn’t Abandon The Kids- Alpha Direct
Alpha Direct Insurance Chief Executive Officer Arun Iyer has denied claims that his company abandoned Palapye disabled children after a promised party failed to...
Robbery Suspect Urinates In Court
A suspect in a Sefalana robbery case this morning stunned a Palapye Magistrate's court when he stood and urinated in the dock.
While his alleged...
Disabled’s Xmas Party Cancelled At Last Minute
Disabled children in Palapye were yesterday left disappointed as a Christmas party they had looked forward to was abruptly cancelled at the eleventh hour...
Koma’s Tombstone Unveiled
Leader of opposition and Umbrella for Democratic Change president, Duma Boko says he will hand over leadership if opposition loses elections in 2019.
Speaking at...
Palapye Hosts Culture Festival
Palapye is the place to be this Saturday for the first of its kind in the growing township, cultural summer festival, termed BW Ngwao...
Rape Suspect Freed
A man accused of rape has been set free after his alleged victim told a Palapye magistrate court under cross examination that she was...
Thieving Mum Jailed
A habitual thief's luck ran out today when Palapye customary court locked her up for a year.
Margaret Moyo, 39 has been stealing since 1996...
Woman Scalds Maid’s Daughter
A Palapye woman has been charged with unlawful wounding after scalding her maid’s 4-year old daughter with boiling water following a fight with the...
Victory For Disinherited Women
A father’s estate belongs to the children, Palapye customary court tells greedy aunts
Two traditional aunts could not believe their ears when Palapye customary court...
Madiba Students Clash Over Stolen Phone
A fight over a stolen cell phone turned ugly at Madiba Senior Secondary School and pitted Shakawe students against Mahalapye students resulting in one...
Cycle Challenge Slated for October 25
Over 100 cyclists are expected to on 25 October ride a 100km distance from Serowe to Khama Rhino Sanctuary in the fourth Morupule Coal...
Seretse and Ruth Khama come alive on screen
Filming of Seretse and Ruth Khama’s love story, ‘A United Kingdom’ is set to start shooting in Serowe tomorrow (Saturday).
Based on English Author Susan...
The girl is mine
Councillor announces marriage to love triangle sweetheart in court
Mosetse councillor Ephraim Linga (44) has declared his love and intentions to marry his 26- year-...
Palapye on Fire
Sheshanyama with a difference
Palapye is the place to be on Independence Day as the much awaited inaugural Independence Shesanyama will be held at OB’s...
Goya Addresses Palapye Women
Palapye Member of Parliament and Education Assistant Minister, Master Goya, this morning brought together Palapye women at the village kgotla to address them on...
Man In Court For Insulting Rival
A Mosetse village Councilor, Ephraim Linga, 44 has dragged his love rival before a Serowe customary court for allegedly insulting him.
Relating his version of...
Mystery Fires Continue
A month old baby was safely rescued from thokolosi fires as a Palapye family's woes continue.
Mmaseji Willis of Boseja ward said her daughter had...
Sadistic rape suspect caged
An alleged violent rapist who reportedly beat his victim to a pulp and left her for dead has been caged.
Jack Dintwa, 33, of Sefhare...
Fires Return
Hardly two months after Eloyi chased it away, a fiery 'thokolosi' has returned to torment a Palapye family.
Mmaseji Willie, 47, is staring into the...
Brute Torches Mother’s Houses
A savagely violent man who recently attacked a woman and wounded her with an axe on the head was this week brought before a...
Hellish Fires Send Student Home
Mysterious fires that have turned the lives of a Mahalapye family into a living hell have forced a school girl to go home after...
Who’s The Daddy
Father seeks DNA test after discovering another daddy
A Mahalapye man has approached the court to grant him permission to preform a paternity test to...
Practicing what she preached
After studying marketing overseas, Kenalemang Ndubo, 38, taught business studies at Lotsane Secondary School for three years but the job was too monotonous for...
