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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...

Shashe River School students in Tonota, Central District, are enduring a winter nightmare, bathing with cold water, as biting cold grips the country and frost blankets the ground.But this is no recent crisis.At the school’s hostels the boys have...

In the heart of Botswana’s tourism capital, where wildlife thrives and tourists flood in for once-in-a-lifetime experiences, the children of the North West are quietly suffering.For Kegodile Mahudinga, the Acting Director of Regional Operations in...

In a dramatic courtroom twist, Tswelelo Kgaolo (38) of Palapye Extension 1 has denied ripping out the intestines of his former lover, Kelebemang Raletsholo (44), during a brutal stabbing in October 2024.Taking the stand in his defence, Kgaolo made a...

Appearing cool-headed and self-assured in the dock this past week, Kesaobaka Romeo Thebolo showed no sign of remorse as he responded to charges of assaulting a police officer.Calm, articulate, and confident, Thebolo basked in the presumption of...

A 16-year-old girl of Lephaneng ward in Tonota on Monday informed the police that her mother forced her to terminate a pregnancy back in 2021.According to sources close to the matter, the underage girl fell pregnant sometime in 2021 and in early...

Gender-based violence (GBV) continues to rise in Botswana, cutting deeper when those entrusted with enforcing the law also fall victim, sometimes at the hands of the very people meant to love and protect them.This past Monday, the nation woke up to...

A woman whose intestines were ripped out in a savage knife attack relived her nightmare in court this past Tuesday in Palapye.Kelebemang Raletsholo (44) finally set the record straight about a brutal incident that once trended online with wild claims...

President Duma Gideon Boko will next week Tuesday perform the ground-breaking for the Bonno National Housing Programme in Palapye.Bonno is the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC)’s signature promise to build 61,000 houses across 61 constituencies,...