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Pressure is mounting on President Duma Gideon Boko to relieve Education Minister Nono Kgafela-Mokoka of her duties, as teacher unions say she is failing to bring the long-awaited change promised by the new government.The Botswana Sectors of Educators...

Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) Councillor for Kabakae Ward in Gantsi, Roller Setlabane, is facing assault charges for allegedly beating a five-year-old son of another UDC politician in July this year.The case is being prepared for trial, with...

Keipeile Mantrakis Stoffel (35) believes that bad luck is following him in his ongoing case in which he is accused of assaulting his girlfriend, Pearl Tuduetso Montsho, and ill-treating children.This past Monday marked Stoffel’s first court...

As technology continues to make life easier, a silent pandemic is spreading across Botswana, not of illness, but of deception.Online fraud has become one of the fastest-growing crimes in the country, leaving thousands of Batswana poorer, confused,...

While former Director General of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), Joseph Mathambo, maintains that he does not want to comment on his troubled marriage, his wife, Masego Mathambo, is breaking down in court.This past Tuesday, an...

Imagine arriving at a gruesome accident scene or a violent crime scene as a police officer, only to realise that the victims are your own relatives.The shock, the paralysis, the silent scream that you must swallow because the people before you need...

Tswelelo Kgaolo (38), accused of inflicting life-threatening injuries on his girlfriend during a violent confrontation, left the courtroom in disbelief after his request to be allowed to take his Kwasa Kwasa music to Radio Botswana so it can be...

Gabane residents, who walked out on the then Land Board Chairman Kgang Kgang last year, had a déjà vu moment this past Monday with Acting Lands and Agriculture Minister Edwin Dikoloti.When they walked out on Kgang, it was out of frustration;...

The Ministry of Health is being sued for over P6 million by a woman who lost her baby two months after giving birth.According to court documents seen by this publication, the plaintiff had taken her infant to a government hospital in Selibe Phikwe...

Are you a resident of Lobatse and still wondering what to do on Independence Day?Well, perhaps you should look no further than your ward because Member of Parliament (MP) for Lobatse Kamal Jacobs has promised a celebration like no other.He will...

In times when social media dominates public discourse and individuals are celebrated for the good but ridiculed and brutalised for the bad, a thin line exists between public judgment and the actualparameters of the law.What may seem extremely...

It was a sombre day in Shashe ward, Maun, this past weekend as mourners gathered for the burial of 14-year-old Kago Billy Thiwanapo, who tragically drowned in the Okavango River late last month.Kago, who was a Form 1 student at Tshwaragano Junior...

A Police Special Constable stationed in Selibe Phikwe allegedly raped and stabbed his ex-girlfriend before fleeing the scene and later taking his own life.The officer, identified as 30-year-old Modiri Kwafela of Mmadinare, is said to have gone to the...

After being on the run for 13 years, Norman Serumula of Morokologadi ward, Malolwane village in the Kgatleng District is finally back home to face a murder charge he evaded in 2012.Serumula, 46, is alleged to have killed his girlfriend, Brenda...

While the government struggles to pay Ipelegeng workers in several districts across the country, those who relied on the monthly stipends for daily survival are now facing severe hardship.Though modest, the P600 monthly earnings allowed labourers to...