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Neo Kolantsho
  • Disturbing trend of tombstone theft emerges

    Suppliers of tombstones in Palapye fear that they will soon be out of business. This is because there are people who steal tombstones at graveyards on a weekly basis, and in the eyes of those who bought the tombstones, the suppliers are chief...

  • HELP ME: It never rains but pours for distressed mothers

    A 31-year-old mother residing in Mogoditshane Block 5 in the Gaborone greater area knows no peace, the pain that rips through her heart daily knows no boundaries.She is overwhelmed by feelings of helplessness and sometimes thinks of ending her life....

  • LET HIM REST

    The 45 Easter pilgrims who died while travelling to Moria in South Africa in March this year have been buried, and it is now time to let go and allow grieving families to heal, Kgosi Segale Gobuamang of Thamaga village has advised.Gobuamang said this...

  • NOT ON MY WOMAN

    A 34-year-old man is currently battling for his life at Princess Marina Hospital (PMH) in Gaborone after being beaten to a pulp by a 40-year-old man who found him in bed with his girlfriend this past weekend.The incident occurred at Makadibeng cattle...

  • CLEAN UP

    The president of Botswana Association of Tribal Land Authorities (BATLA) Kgang Kgang says it is of paramount importance for all land boards and other stakeholders affected in land allocation to know and understand the law.Kgang says ignorance or not...

  • Fourteen charged for playing cards, dice in public areas

    Fourteen (14) men have already been arrested and charged as Mahalapye police cracks the whip on anyone found playing cards or dice games in public areas for monetary gain.The men, aged between 22 and 59 years, were found playing cards near the bus...

  • Vee accepts BDP vetting decision and wishes Healy well

    Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) announcement of parliamentary and council candidates who will contest the 2024 BDP primary elections has put to an end what has been seen as indirect dissing between popular musician Odirile Vee Sento and Member of...

  • Communicate death properly to children

    When death knocks in a home, the family of the deceased often plunges into a state of instability, confusion, sorrow and sometimes panic, and all these overwhelming emotions often lead to the neglect of children.When the family is busy preparing for...

  • Invisible snake torments villagers from generations back

    No one can tell with certainty that they have ever seen a snake inside the Molopye River that passes through Ntlhantlhe village.However, a majority of the residents strongly believe that inside the river waters is a snake that comes out once in a...

  • Land dispute cited in Wateka's death as he failed to bury his father

    The badly decomposed body of a man found inside government-owned Artificial Insemination camp at Dibete in the Kgatleng District is that of Edwin Wateka, who was reported missing on April 2, impeccable sources have told this publication.Assistant...

  • Fighting the stigma of Sunday soccer as hook-up place for women

    During weekends, women usually doll up and head to football playgrounds to watch men play the game. These are usually social games and the ladies go there for entertainment.Once there, their job is to cheer the men on, booze hard while some go there...

  • Recent burial of woman in CKGR stirs controversy

    Selinah SetobaPhuduhudu was buried in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) because that is where she lived, Gantsi District Council Chairperson, Jefferson Tibi confirmed this week.SetobaPhuduhudu’s burial has rubbed some the wrong way,...

  • Woman killed with an axe haft for ending relationship

    Thatayaone Molefe, 31, of Tsetsebjwe village has allegedly been killed by her 29-year-old boyfriend Phenyo Moilwa of Lerala village this past weekend.According to sources close to the matter, the woman was killed after telling her boyfriend that she...

  • I am a victim of UDC witch-hunt - Phenyo Segokgo

    Former Chairman of the Southeast District Council, Phenyo Segokgo, who has publicly announced that he will be contesting for elections this year under the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) banner, is allegedly facing financial difficulties that...

  • Residents fight over allocation of land to Bazezuru

    Moshupa Sub land board Secretary has dismissed claims that they prioritised and made special favours for the Bazezuru tribe when allocating residential plots in Magotlhwane village this past Sunday.There has been an uproar in the village ever since...

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