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Senior marriage counsellor Albert Gaopelo says there is nothing wrong with a woman paying her own Bogadi (dowry) or loaning her husband-to-be money for wedding expenses.Marriage is between two people and whatever they decide should be respected.A...

Botswana is currently not doing enough to ensure that education is prioritised, Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) has complained.BOSETU spokesperson Oreeditse Nyatso said this on the backdrop of the international day of education...

- Will approach African Commission if they lose - Judgement set for Friday 17, February 2023The Bamalete tribe will finally know their fate on February 17 when judgement in their famed land case against Malete Land Board is delivered. From the look...

Gaonyadiwe Leburu (70) of Dimajwe village in the Central District is alleged to have stabbed and killed 24-year-old Olebogeng Mokgethi who was dating his daughter (18).Officer Commanding No. 2 District, Senior Superintendent Paul Oketsang said the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...