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As Form 3 learners gear up for their final examinations next month, concerns are mounting over growing indiscipline in schools, with reports of violent clashes, gang-related fights, sexual acts and other misconduct involving learners.Information...

Mogoditshane /Thamaga District Council Chairman, Molatedi Tona Selala has told Gabane street vendors that selling food on the streets is illegal under Botswana law.Selala made the clarification on Tuesday this week during a meeting with small...

Gantsi District has recorded more than 100 diarrhoea cases in a single week amid a rotavirus outbreak that has prompted intensified health interventions in the district.Gantsi District Council chairperson, Thabiso Shane Kebadirile recently told...

Mogoditshane-Thamaga District Council Chairperson Molatedi Tona Selala is calling for the immediate shutdown of Thamaga Junior Secondary School over a persistent sewage crisis that is putting learners and the surrounding community at serious...

The family of a Moshupa man, Kagiso Pitso (38), whose body allegedly disappeared from Lyn’s Mortuary in Thamaga before being mistakenly cremated, is considering legal action against funeral services giant, FSG Limited.Speaking to The Midweek Sun on...

For years, the relationship between Batswana and Zimbabweans living and working in Botswana has been anything but easy hence community leaders in Rasesa are attempting to reconcile the two sides.Councillors Rutang Bill Mooketsane and Tshenolo Botho...

Gabane Central Ward Councillor Obakeng Sekolokwane is accusing the Kweneng Main Land Board and Mogoditshane Sub Land Board of failing to address a string of land-related grievances.Sekolokwane says the people of Gabane and neighbouring fields have...

The family of Mago Kepatile from D’Kar in the Gantsi District, who died after suffering severe burns in a bush fire in 2023, remains haunted by the tragedy.They say their grief is deepened by the absence of closure, leaving them struggling to come...

Tensions are mounting at the Okavango Diamond Company (ODC), with workers accusing management of failing to meaningfully engage them on a range of workplace concerns.The dispute follows what the Botswana Diamond Workers Union (BDWU) describes as an...

A man from Dukwi, Balibi Kelentse, is accusing police officers of brutally assaulting him while allegedly trying to force him to confess to stealing livestock. The Midweek Sun has established through sources close to Kelentse and the Botswana Khwedom...

Marriage is continuing to lose its traditional pull among Batswana, with the number of registered unions falling to the lowest level recorded in a decade.Statistics from the latest vital statistics report show that only 4 517 marriages were...

Food vendors who have been operating at the Gaborone Bus Rank have been evicted from their stalls following months of uncertainty over their future at the facilities.According to those affected, sheriffs accompanied by police officers recently...

Tensions at Dqae Qare Game Farm near Gantsi have been calmed after reports that plans were underway to capture wildlife at the community owned property.Gantsi District Council Deputy Chairperson and D’kar Councillor, Xikuru Xikuri said community...

The Ministry of Health has dashed the hopes of hundreds of former COVID-19 frontline workers seeking permanent employment, saying it is unable to absorb them because of financial constraints.In a response to a petition submitted by the former workers...

Fed-up Botswana truck drivers are taking their fight to the streets after years of accusing employers of sidelining citizens in favour of foreign nationals.The Botswana Truck Drivers Association will hold a national shutdown this coming Friday. There...