Francinah Baaitse
Does new party matter?
Real alternative or just a joke?
The upcoming 2019 general elections promise to be characterized by a hype of activities, with new political parties formed...
My 9- year wait for the return of my husband
Deserted wife cries out for divorce
Ten years ago on Christmas Eve, Monsthwari Kgorobi, a husband and father of four, left home to the cattle...
Suspected killer boyfriend arrested
Police in Mochudi have arrested a man who is suspected to have brutally killed his security guard girlfriend in Mochudi on Monday night.
The 26-year-old...
Female security guard hacked to death
Mochudi Police are in search of an alleged killer boyfriend who is suspected to have hacked his security guard girlfriend to death with an...
Land lord arrested for harbouring 19 illegal immigrants
A 30-year-old land lord of Maipei ward in Mogoditshane found himself on the wrong side of the law last week after he was arrested...
From mouths of MPs
DEBATE ON LIVING WAGE
Recently, SHAWN NTHAILE, Member of Parliament (MP) for Jwaneng-Mabule constituency tabled a motion in which he called on Parliament to request...
Duped into raising another man’s child
*Man learns his 4-year-old daughter is not his *Cheating girlfriend's family ordered to 'pay back the cattle'
A young ‘father’ from Kanye is coming to...
Baobab school sold for P65million
A group of seven women who have been running Baobab Primary school for the past 27 years, have sold the school to a South...
Police yet to prove murder by poisoning case
It has been a month since Thatayaone Ogotseng was found dead in the streets of Kanye, allegedly after being poisoned by her married lover,...
BDP MPs to shoot down motion on living wage policy
Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) legislators are likely to reject a motion moved by the opposition, calling for replacement of minimum wage with living wage.
If...
Dilapidated Thamaga JSS crumbling down
“Hold your breath and be as quick as possible!” This is the advice given to anyone desperate enough to use the dilapidated toilets at...
Who’s the man?
Jostle for Moshupa-Manyana intensifies as Masisi nears Presidency
Vice President, Mokgweetsi Masisi is set to ascend to the highest office in the land at the...
Good luck charm turned thokolosi captured
It's not ours-family
An unsightly hyena paw removed from a traditional brew container by exorcists on Sunday was identified as a Thokolosi, which had terrorized...
Botho University to announce staff retrenchment today
Botho University is expected to layoff about 100 of its employees this week.
The embattled University is expected to deliver the depressing news to its...
AP proposes amendments to national budget
Alliance for Progressives (AP) leader, Ndaba Gaolathe, has proposed amendments to both the development and recurrent budgets, that were presented by the 8Minister of...
Church exorcises ‘thokolosi’ in Thamaga
There was a sigh of relief from Keseilwe family members, Sunday morning, in Thamaga village after a church found a hyena paw suspected to...
Soldiers in schoolgirls sexual assault scandal
*soldiers accused of abusing girls at a boot camp
* BONELA to investigate
Scores of Botswana Defence Force (BDF) soldiers are said to have exploited and...
Tshireletso says UDC is jealous of Ndaba Gaolatlhe
Mahalapye East legislator, Botlogile Tshireletso has, Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) Members of Parliament for what she said is jealousy and pettiness towards Alliance for...
Police set murder suspect free- Chief Justice
Police were instrumental in the release of a double murder accused, 19-year-old Keodiretse Tlhofaetsi, who was last week rearrested for the brutal murder of...
Chief Justice Dibotelo retires in April
Chief Justice, Maruping Moemedi Dibotelo, will retire from Service at the age of 70, just a month after President Lieutenant General Dr Seretse Khama...
51 years on, no female judge in the Court of Appeal
After 51 years of independence, Botswana is yet to appoint a woman to the Court of Appeal bench.
This has now become a concern to...
AP wishes away ‘draconian’ laws
If they had their way, the Alliance for Progressives (AP) say they would do away with the country's trade dispute and Media practitioner's Acts...
Love triangle turns tragic
Married woman suspected of poisoning 'small house' to death
A cheating wife, who is being divorced for desertion has landed in court for allegedly poisoning...
Shima’s sadness
ONCE, TWICE...... FOUR TIMES A LOSER!
Disgruntled Shima Monageng, who lost in the Botswana Democratic Party’s (BDP) Molopolole South primary elections (Bulela Ditswe) held a...
Hold your tongues- Gaolathe tells AP members
The leader of Alliance for Progressives (AP), Ndaba Gaolathe, has called his party members to order and cautioned them against temptations of using vulgar...
Khama is clean, BCP on a witch hunt- Ombudsman
The Ombudsman, Augustine Makgonatsotlhe has cleared the outgoing President, Lt General Dr Seretse Khama Ian Khama, of maladministration and abuse of office and instead...
Mr Fear Fokol
‘Fear Fokol’ meaning ‘fear nothing’, is a common tagline within the circles of one of the main opposition parties in the country, the Botswana...
PEEPA boss’ appointment shrouded in controversy
After firing it’s Acting CEO in a controversial restructuring process that ended in a legal tussle last year, the Public Enterprises, Evaluation and Privatisation...
BONELA concerned over farmers’ unprotected sex with herdboys
As trans-sexuality remains a butt of ridicule in society, some married men are said to prefer sexual relations with their male farm workers in...
Inconsolable loss
HOSPITAL BUG ROBS WOMAN OF TRIPLETS
October 17, 2016, was supposed to be the happiest day of Theoh Clorah Seitshiro’s young life.
Instead, it was to...
Coffin curse
Bloody doll in coffin shocks Modipane village
A bloody doll which was locked inside a toddler’s coffin and abandoned in front of a home left...
Four busted for smuggling contraband cigarettes
Plans by four Zimbabwean men to make quick cash during the hard month of January were brought to an abrupt halt when police officers...
NTUANE OPENS UP
Says he almost died of stress while at BMD
The former Vice President of Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) says he never really enjoyed his...
CHINESE BUSINESSMAN CAMPAIGNS FOR AN OMANG
A Chinese national who recently donated 10 wheelchairs to the Holy Ghost House International Ministries in Gaborone wants to have an Omang.
Miles Nan, the...
CALLED FROM ABOVE
Female pastor refuses to give up
It has been four years since former Reverend of the Dutch Reformed Church in Mochudi village, Mmoniemang Kgosiemang resigned...
PUBLIC HEALTH BILL RAISES CONCERN
Corpses of HIV infected persons to be banned from mortuaries
Family members whose relatives die from HIV or AIDS will no longer be allowed to...
READY FOR THE CHALLENGE
Pono Moatlhodi discuss drawn daggers in the fight for Tonota
The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Pono Moatlhodi, who is also a Member of...
SCHOOL GIRL MURDER MARKS 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM
The launch of the 16 days of Activism on November 25 was marred by the brutal murder of a 15- year- old standard six...
LEADER OF OPPOSITION SEAT FALLS VACANT
Botswana Congress Party President and MP for Gaborone Central, Dumelang Saleshando has lost the Leader Of Opposition in Parliament seat.
The seat was declared vacant ...
JOURNALISTS DEFEND THE CHILDREN
Local journalists have called on the government to amend the constitution in order to align the age of maturity from 16 to 18 years...
