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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,...

Two young men were found lying unconscious and severely injured in separate but fatal incidents this past Saturday in Maun.Both later died from their wounds, and no arrests have been made so far.According to Maun Police boss Joseph Lepodise, the...

Despite previous denials that her office was undergoing renovations, newly surfaced images reveal a refreshed and modernized workspace for the Minister of Child Welfare and Basic Education, Nono Kgafela-Mokoka.In January, the minister publicly...

In a heart-wrenching case that has sent shockwaves across Palapye, two women have been charged with the murder of a four-year-old boy, following the grisly discovery of his remains buried along the Lotsane riverbank.The suspects, Chendzimu Gababoloke...

The Land Tribunal will begin hearing a string of appeals against Kweneng Land Board's controversial decisions to reverse its policy on compensation in kind starting this Wednesday, April 23.This is a move that has sparked fury, despair, and legal...

The Botswana Police Service (BPS) is not taking any chances this Easter.With crime, reckless driving and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) known to rise during the long holiday, law enforcement officers are this year already in full combat mode, ready to...

Botswana Railways (BR) employees have finally blown the lid off over what they describe as deepening corruption and mismanagement at the parastatal.This past Monday, the situation escalated when workers marched through Mahalapye to the District...

Selebi-Phikwe Chief Magistrate, Wanani Ngebani has acquitted Boikanyo Motlhomamisi of rape charges, citing insufficient evidence presented by the prosecution.The case, registered in 2022, revolved around allegations that Motlhomamisi had engaged in...