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Neo Kolantsho
  • DOWN BUT NOT OUT: They used the gender card to defeat me

    Oaitse Chandapiwa Phikane (35) of Kang village in the Kgalagadi North Constituency was among the few women candidates who threw their names in the hat for Botswana Democratic Party’s (BDP) primary elections.She defines herself as founder of My...

  • Man tells of his life of fear, and blames Khama

    Former eBotswana television channel employee Andrew Keatlholetswe says he regrets the day he ever met former president Ian Khama as his life has now turned miserable because of their soured relations. He is of the feeling that his movements, what he...

  • BOSETU official's act of sexual misconduct kept under the carpet

    - A leader allegedly ejaculated while thrusting between thighs of an employeeThe office corridors of Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) are screaming loud with allegations that one of the leaders sexually harassed a female employee...

  • ANGER-FUELED WALK OUT

    Residents of Gabane village walked out on Kweneng Land board chairperson Kgang Kgang this past Tuesday during a meeting conducted at the Kgotla to update locals about land use, long waiting lists, and compensation in kind issues.They were not happy...

  • Russia makes strides in changing perceptions about the country

    Anxiety took the better part of me as I headed off for Russia about a fortnight ago. I was anxious because none of my previous travels on duty was outside the continent of Africa.The thought that I was leaving a country of just two million people and...

  • Gabane residents worry of being swallowed by Mogoditshane

    The people of Gabane are worried that their land is being stolen and taken away from them under government’s watch; they say their village is being gobbled by Mogoditshane.This was revealed by concerned villagers during a meeting held at the Kgotla...

  • Bitter fight erupts between taxi drivers and bus operators

    Bus and taxi drivers are embroiled in a bitter clash over customers in Tonota village.According to Botswana Bus Association chairperson, Tiragalo Mponang, bus drivers feel that taxi drivers in Tonota give them a raw deal by picking up customers...

  • Setopoti customer (51) rapes 6-year-old beer seller's daughter

    A 51-year-old man of Ramokgonami village in the Tswapong area will be arraigned before Palapye magistrate court for allegedly defiling a six-year-old standard one pupil this past weekend.The incident happened not far from the home of the...

  • Radio man Last Rakgasa in farm ownership row

    Siblings, Randy Rakgasa, and younger brother Last Bashi Rakgasa of Radio Botswana fame, do not see eye to eye and are not on speaking terms.The Midweek Sun recently picked wind of the radio man's family embroiled in a bitter feud over a family...

  • Two Old Naledi friends die at the hands of their lovers

    The dead body of Botho Gabotsalwe (24) was found dumped near the Old Lobatse road and behind a heap of pallets in Old Naledi this past Sunday.Gabotsalwe’s body was found by a carpenter who uses pallets to make furniture as well as chicken houses....

  • TOXIC UPBRINGING

    Trauma is often an invisible monster that acts as poison in one’s body and if not noticed or properly handled it has potential to steal a huge chunk of a person’s life.This is the observation of Evelyn Fosu-Amoah, a pastor and a Neuro Linguistic...

  • Nata Timber dragged to court over unfair dismissal

    Mosetsanagape Matlhare of Kanye but residing in Tsolamosese has dragged Nata Timber Industries to court for unlawful dismissal from work.Matlhare’s statement of a case which is before the court shows that she was employed by Nata Timber as a...

  • Women rights groups call on MP Hikuama to apologise

    Women rights organisation, Emang Basadi has called on Member of Parliament (MP) for Ngami Constituency Caterpillar Hikuama to apologise wholeheartedly to Specially-Elected MP, Beauty Manake for saying she cannot be raped by anyone.A few days ago...

  • MISPLACED PRIORITIES

    Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union is unhappy that the Ministry of Education spent P200 million buying vehicles, mattresses, bunk beds, students’ desks, chairs, and printing paper when there’s a ‘huge crisis’ in the newly-introduced...

  • Residents warned that breeding chickens at home is illegal

    Breeding of any type of birds or chickens inside or near homesteads is illegal and anyone found not following the law will be charged an amount from P2 000 to P5 000 depending on the severity of the matter, Tutume District Council has warned.In...

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