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Neo Kolantsho
  • NOT FOR SALE

    Botswana Police Service (BPS) Commissioner, Dinah Marathe has explained that adopting a police station initiative does not mean that the police will not arrest or charge those who break the law.They will still hold people accountable without fear or...

  • Streak of killings a concern in Maun as man hacks girlfriend to death

    The murder toll is rising at a worrying speed in Maun, since the beginning of the year to date, a total of 10 people have been murdered.Not only are people being killed, but they are also butchered in the most hair-raising incidents. The latest case...

  • CAUGHT IN THE ACT

    Basebi Semela (25) of Morokologadi ward, Malolwane village, will be arraigned before court this week for the murder of his girlfriend, Gofaone Seleke (27).Reports say on Saturday morning, passers-by found Seleke lying motionless on the ground at...

  • No law bars consumption of alcohol during voting but...

    There is no limit to the amount of alcohol and drugs one can consume before entering a polling station during elections.And no matter the state one is in, one is allowed inside the voting venue and can go on and vote if one wishes to.This was...

  • Man, 29, beaten up by residents on allegations of raping granny, 70

    Residents of Seleka Village in Tswapong district have allegedly battered a man black and blue for repeatedly raping a 70-year-old granny.Sources say the incident occurred at the elderly woman’s ploughing field in Mmasebue lands. The alleged rapist...

  • Concerns expressed as over 25 000 students drop out of secondary schools

    More than 25 000 children dropped out of secondary schools across the country from 2012 to 2022, the Education Statistics Unit housed in the Ministry of Education has revealed.What is worrisome is that of the more than 25 000 students who dropped out...

  • 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...

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