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Ode to a champion: Hebert Nkabiti tribute

Best known for winning the Junior Welterweight Silver Medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games as an amateur, Herbert Nkabiti fought the last fight on Friday last week, in which he sustained head injuries.Following the doomed junior welterweight...

09 May 2017

Chess braces for a new leader

CHESSBotswana Chess Federation (BCF) this week released names of nominees for the 2017 BCF Executive Elections to be held on the 27th of May 2017.After serving for four years, President Tshenolo Maruatona’s committee will step down and a new...

09 May 2017

Mogwadi and Police XI reunited

FOOTBALLBTC premiership outfit Police XI this week announced the departure of their headcoach Maitumelo ‘Junior’ Letlaamoreng.   Former Police XI Isaiah 'Sthanda' Mogwadi will replace Letlaamoreng with immediate effect. Letlaamoreng mentored...

09 May 2017

Motlakase gear for high stake play-offs

Both the manager and the head coach of National First Division North outfit Motlakase Power Dynamos are confident that their team will overcome Uniao Flamingo Santos in the eagerly anticipated  play-offs for promotion to the BTC Premier League. The...

09 May 2017

The Race is On

New BNOC  president will be elected this September Negroes Kgosietsile not standing Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) could end the year with a new president at its helm. The four terms granted to long time president Negros Kgosietsile is...

09 May 2017

Let BMD fight their own fight - Boko

Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) President Duma Boko has said that the factional wars at Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) are a true test for the party’s stability. Boko appealed to members of the UDC especially, to allow the BMD to...

09 May 2017

Dumped Nkate soon to return to Masisi’s camp

Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Secretary General aspirant, Jacob Nkate could soon be back to his former lobby group led by Party Chairman and Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi. Nkate was dumped by the camp prior to the party’s National Council held...

09 May 2017

100 Molepolole patients benefit from Sathya Sai Baba Free Medical Clinic

Sathya Sai Baba Free Medical Clinic team recently hosted its first outreach programme  with the aim of taking their free special services to villages within 50 km radius of Gaborone. Sathya Sai Clinic has operated for the past 10 years. It helps...

09 May 2017

BREXIT is a double-edged sword – Blackbeard

Will impact BMC privatisation but that is a matter for local farmers to tackle Botswana’s envoy to the United Kingdom, Roy Blackbeard says Britain’s exit from the European Union (UE), famously known by the acronym BREXIT, can be both good and...

09 May 2017

Funeral industry needs total revamp

Funeral Parlour Association of Botswana (FPAB) has revealed that Botswana does not have efficient policies and laws on the funeral industry. Speaking during the FPAB annual conference in Gaborone this week, FPAB President Bushie Mosala said the...

09 May 2017

Poverty to decline by 0.5% yearly - report

The Macro Poverty Outlook Report for Botswana compiled by the World Bank Group indicates that the country is expected to reduce poverty by 0.5 percentage annually, to 11 percent by 2019.It says over the medium term, achieving further poverty...

09 May 2017

Gaealafshwe, Modongo dominate championship

Candidate Master (CM) Barileng Gaealafshwe and Woman International Master (WIM) Boikhutso Modongo are champions of the 2017 Metropolitan National Chess Championships finals. The Metropolitan championships that concluded on Monday this week in...

Sun Reporter | 09 May 2017

Last duel

Fallen professional boxer Herbert Nkabiti who tragically died following a doomed boxing match against Willis Baloyi in South Africa this past weekend,  had dedicated the fight to his four-month old baby. Speaking to the Sun Sports following...

Sun Reporter | 09 May 2017

Silent killer STI hits women

There are growing concerns about the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted virus threatening women. The virus, which is still unknown to many, has become the most common sexually transmitted virus, putting many women at high risk of...

Sun Reporter | 09 May 2017

Psoriasis: an uncommon yet life threatening skin condition

She basked in her rosy glow during pregnancy and wished it could last forever. However, after the birth of her son, a skin condition she has battled since 2008 was back with a vengeance. Kebitsaone Motheo, 28, is suffering from psoriasis, a...

Sun Reporter | 09 May 2017

Hospitals won't help "drunk" patients

The Ministry of Health has disputed allegations doing rounds that clinics and hospitals will not attend to any patient who is found to have deliberately put their health at risk by consuming excessive alcohol or drugs.Last week Social Media went...

Sun Reporter | 09 May 2017

BMD leadership at it again

Trouble is far from over at the ailing Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) as party leadership and the youth committee members continue to air their dirty laundry in the public. Last week the Youth Committee which was elected at the 2015 Mochudi...

Sun Reporter | 09 May 2017

Major Prophet Rams speaks

Why he walks around with bodyguardsExplains why he blew cash at Steez’s memorial service Major Prophet Carvin Ramotsepane recently shocked the nation at the late Vincent ‘Steez’ Tiro’s memorial service when he appeared with his bodyguards,...

Sun Reporter | 09 May 2017

Judge warns media against "negative commentary" in AFM church pastor saga

High Court Judge Dr. Zein Kebonang has warned the media to desist from influencing and creating perception about cases or accused persons. Advocate Kebonang expressed these sentiments when hearing a bail application by Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM)...

Sun Reporter | 09 May 2017

AFM pastor is a free man for now

Granted bail after appealing to the High Court High Court Judge Dr Zein Kebonang has granted conditional bail to Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) Pastor, Mooketsi Mogomotsi.The pastor approached the high court after Mochudi Magistrate Court denied him...

Sun Reporter | 09 May 2017

I miss home like anybody else – Blackbeard

But I have work to do Roy Blackbeard, the Dean of Botswana Diplomats and Ambassador to the United Kingdom is unapologetic to his critics about being the longest serving diplomat who stayed in one place.   However, by his own admission, just like...

Sun Reporter | 09 May 2017

Captured fugitives betray each other

Mthokodzisi Sibanda, a captured fugitive dropped another bombshell on his co-accused this week Tuesday when he suddenly changed his plea.Sibanda who has long pleaded not guilty to the charge of escaping from lawful custody, shocked his co-accused in...

Sun Reporter | 09 May 2017

Botho University student shoots himself

A 23-year-old Botho University student allegedly shot himself with a shot gun in Borolong over the past weekend. According to reliable sources, the young man committed suicide after his parents left for church. “He was apparently fine when they...

Sun Reporter | 09 May 2017

"How a car crash changed my life"

BY RACHEL RADITSEBEIn a split second, Lebogang Monamisi’s world changed forever. One moment she was enjoying her youth and the next, paralyzed from the waist down. But she says the experience has made her even more determined to achieve her dreams...

Sun Reporter | 09 May 2017