Francinah Baaitse
The festival of fun
The second edition of the annual Okavango Delta Music Festival has been set for 29 August to September 1.
Last sprint to end new HIV infections
Botswana’s first lady, Neo Masisi, is facing an unphill battle to tackle and end new HIV and AIDS infections in the country...
Boko can’t be trusted, he loves money- Mmolotsi
Alliance for Progressives (AP)’s Vice President, Wynter Mmolotsi, this past weekend had no kind words for Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) leader,...
MAA cracks whip on non-compliant creches
Maun Administration Authority (MAA) is all out to shut down all pre-schools that are operating illegally in Maun and those failing to...
Wife wanted for the VP
Single and Searching Tsogwane asks Rakops elders for a hook-up
One of the country's most eligible bachelors, The Vice...
Police collect P96m worth of traffic fines in a year
Botswana Police Service is making millions of Pula through road traffic fines and have collected close to P96 million of those in...
Wild fires still a threat to Tsodilo Hills
Tsodilo village and other communities surrounding the UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS);Tsodilo hills, are prone to fire outbreaks which are a threat...
UDC fails to launch candidates
Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) candidates in Maun were left disappointed on Saturday evening after their party leadership failed to launch them...
Boko points to industrial hemp for job creation
Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) leader, Duma Boko, says he is holding billions of pula in industrial hemp investment that, he says,...
UDC invade Maun for manifesto launch
Accommodation facilities in Maun are said to be fully booked as members of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) descend in the...
‘Abusive cops beat my golden balls’
MAN, 68, CLAIMS POLICE BEATING LEFT HIM INFERTILE
A 68-year-old man of Gudikwa village in the North West District...
Out of the shadows
AP’s Maun West candidate confident of victory
Political parties in Maun West are stepping up their efforts as the...
NWDC clamps down on non compliant Day care centres
School owners cry sabotage * Defy the order to close down
North West District Council has ordered seven privately...
A peaceful people with a taste for violence
Rape and violence against women has become increasingly common in Botswana, to the point where it rarely makes headlines anymore.
AP candidate explains salary donation pledge
An Alliance for Progressives (AP) Council candidate who pledged to donate his six months salary in Maun if he is voted to...
NWDC secures land for horse race arena
North West District council has secured land in Maun, where it will build a modern day horse track, council chairperson, Duncan Enga...
Hikuama stakes his claim in Ngami constituency
Campaign for this year’s General Elections in Ngami constituency is heating up as the count down to October begins.
Zim teachers impress minister Arone
Minister of Basic Education, Bagalatia Arone, who is also member of parliament for Okavango, returned from a recent official visit from the...
Mascom make Friday Good for Bana Ba Letsatsi
Mascom donated P50 000.00 to a Maun based charity organisation, Bana ba letsatsi earlier today.
The annual donation was...
Police search for clues in Hynaveld suicide
Sehitwa police are still trying to find answers in the suicide case of a 69-year-old man who is believed to have shot...
Cousin rape case likely to be dropped
A 2016 rape case involving cousins is likely to be dropped ahead of a trial date as the complainant’s family are reportedly...
Repeal tribalistic laws – Hikuama
Recognition of “minority tribes” has become a political and election campaign hot potato in the North West District where many feel that...
We want our land
Mababe residents lash out at BTO, Landbank initiative
A land conflict between Ngamilanders and government, which has been simmering...
Primary school sex abuse scandal
Boys, 8, regularly rape girls aged 5-6
North West District Education office, in Maun, is investigating Nxaraga primary school...
From the mouths of MPs…
Last week members of parliament were at each other’s throats during a debate on the closed BCL mine’s motion. Selebi-Phikwe West member...
Maun east deafening silence explained
With elections fever is heating up in Ngamiland District and throughout the country in general, the same cannot really be said about...
Mbulawa sets the record straight
Botswana Democratic Party Maun West Parliamentary candidate, Reaboka Mbulawa has set the record straight regarding his wealth and alleged business dealings with...
VP on ‘rescue Masisi’ mission in Maun
Vice President, Slumber Tsogwane, who is also Chairperson of Botswana Democratic Paty (BDP), yesterday paid a courtesy visit to his party’s councillors...
Namibia speaks on Khama/Masisi saga
Last week Wednesday, Namibian President Hage G. Geingob, who is also the Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), issued a...
Practical courses repackaged for North-West brigades
In an effort to transform the country’s economy to a more resource based, the Ministry of Employment, Labour productivity and Skills Development...
North West eagerly awaits hunting ban lift
Residents of North West district who co-exist with wildlife, including elephants have come out in defence of state president, Mokgweetsi Masisi’s decision...
Eat and run
Reikeletseng in trouble over unpaid food bill
Former Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC), Chairperson, Solly Reikeletseng, who was recently...
“My penis ruined her marriage”
Taximan admits to wrecking nurse and teacher's home
A taxi driver who ‘poked’ a nurse, wrecking her marriage to...
Fired civil servant ordered to reinburse Tawana Land Board
Former employee of Tawana Landboard, Mongwa Mongwa, was given a suspended sentence and ordered to refund government a sum of P3 383,...
Shakawe congress endorses Masisi amid overtones of division in the BDP
Ruling party leader, Mokgweetsi Masisi, unknowingly dampened his support team's mood yesterday, at a North West Regional Congress held in Shakawe.
Sugar daddy bought sex with plate of pap
Seduced by the promise of a plate of steaming hot pap, a teenage girl agreed to have unprotected sex with a stranger....
Tawana damns greedy legislators to hell
Maun West Member of Parliament, Tawana Moremi has blasted government for its lack of commitment to develop Maun village, which is not...
United they stand
ARMY OF FEMALE POLITICIANS CALLS FOR PARTY FUNDING
An army of fired up women is coming after president Mokgweetsi...
Sex offenders crowd Boro prison
WOMEN AGAINST RAPE CHALLENGED TO ACT
More than half of Boro prisoners are sex offenders, a representative of the...
Markus accused of unfair campaign
Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Kostantinos Markus, who is also the ruling Party’s Member of Parliament for Maun East, came...
