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Neo Kolantsho
  • Police fear they could be dealing with a serial rapist

    Tonota Police are on the hunt for a man who attacks women in their homes late at night and proceeds to rape them.According to Tonota Police Station Commander Oteng Ngada, the unidentified man is terrorising Semotswane village, which is less than five...

  • Things don't add up in missing baby's story

    A dejected mother, Onketsang Tshabang (37) in Tutume village, has not been able to sleep for the past days since her six-year-old son, Marcus Tshabang went missing last week Friday.She does not know where to look anymore, they have searched all over...

  • Bamalete land case returns to court on Tuesday

    The controversial case in which Bamalete Land board is appealing the High court's decision granting ownership of the disputed Forest Hill 9-KO farm to the Balete tribe will finally be heard by the Court of Appeal (COA) tomorrow.Many Balete...

  • Private health facilities not better than public ones - claim

    The Coordinator of Greater Francistown District Health Management Team (DHMT), Ivan Kgetse has come to the defence of public health facilities saying they are not failing as perceived.In his quest to disabuse Batswana of the perception that private...

  • No limbs, no skull: Family to bury incomplete body

    The incomplete remains of Baitshepi Phirinyane (71) of Kanye has been buried.Phirinyane went missing on the 14th August 2022 after attending church service at Salvation House Church in Kanye at the invitation of a neighbour.She never returned home...

  • Teachers, markers cast aspersions on e-marking

    Some teachers say Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) was too quick and might have taken a risk by deciding that the 2022 Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) examination transcripts be marked electronically.BEC announced last...

  • HELP BABY KATSO: 4-year-old boy collects cans for survival

    The family of Katso Ramosielele (4) in Gabane is pleading with members of the community to help the baby boy with basic needs.Katso’s grandmother Keaitse Ramosielele told this publication this week, that life is hard on her as she and her daughter...

  • POLICE NOT TALKING

    The grieving family of Motlotlegi Aubrey Mongale who was shot to death by the police in September 2022 has had it with Botswana Police Services (BPS) officers.The family does not understand what the law enforcement officers could be ‘hiding’ or...

  • Life imprisonment for USA man who killed Motswana wife

    A United States of America (USA) man, Omnisun Azali, who killed his Motswana wife, Ruth Mwaka Azali in May last year in Cleveland, Ohio has been sentenced to life in prison.Sentencing was passed in the US last week in the presence of Ruth’s family...

  • BEC's use of electronic marking to reduce teachers' pay

    In an effort to embrace technology and move on with the modern times, Botswana Examination Council is piloting its newly-introduced electronic marking system in the 2022 Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) examinations.Those...

  • PUBLICISING STUDENTS' RESULTS PROHIBITED

    It is wrong and not allowed to publicly share a student’s results on social media or even notice boards, Fingile Makgalemele, Corporate Communications Manager at Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) said this week.As the country awaits Primary...

  • US husband pleads self-defence after killing Motswana woman

    - He shot her three times in 'self-defence' - Left her bleeding, ran to his Judge mother's houseTrial in the case in which a Motswana woman, Ruth Mwaka Azali, was shot dead by her United States of America (USA) husband in May last year is...

  • Construction company disowns employee injured on duty

    - Broke leg while working on a water trench - Now unemployed, broke and hungryA disgruntled Dawilah Maikano of Moshupa who is nursing a broken left leg after a heap of soil collapsed on him while working inside a deep water trench is disappointed in...

  • Churches ready to team up against government's oppression

    - All churches must register under the Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA)Leader of Organisation of African Instituted Churches (OAIC) Botswana Dr Tebogo Philemon Motlhagodi says he does not know anything about the formation of a Pastors Association...

  • Two women shot in two months by police lovers

    - Officers use service rifles, then kill themselvesSub Inspector Christopher Phazha Thapa (46) who shot his wife and turned the gun on himself last weekend in Mogoditshane will be buried this coming weekend.According to sources who spoke to this...

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