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By Tuesday noon this week, Botswana Prisons Service (BPS) in conjunction with the police were still hard at work trying to locate four Zimbabwean men who escaped from Mahalapye prison on Sunday midnight.It has been more than three days, and the law...

Councilor Tsabahule Kgotlhang of Ditshegwane says his village seems to be possessed by demons because things that happen there are spine-chilling and mystifying.This past weekend, a young man and woman believed to be lovers and both aged 18 years...

Molepolole started receiving water from the Gamononyane-Molepolole NSC Water connection in November 2023 resulting in improved supply but still not sufficient to feed the entire village.Molepolole is among areas which have been experiencing acute...

A 16-year-old girl of Lephaneng ward in Tonota on Monday informed the police that her mother forced her to terminate a pregnancy back in 2021.According to sources close to the matter, the underage girl fell pregnant sometime in 2021 and in early...

Time has come for government to consider doing more to financially assist Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) fighting HIV in the country because they do much work, an HIV Activist, Bonosi Bino Kgotlaetsile, has suggested.Kgotlaetsile works as a...

Some of the public servants that were engaged by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) as voter registration clerks are shocked and unhappy with the amount of money they have been paid for service rendered.Registration for the 2024 elections...

The body of Xao Xashe of Qangwa village in the North West District has been lying in the morgue for close to a year now because the family is bitterly divided over its burial.According to the deceased’s uncle Xumae Xao (63), when Xao Xashe died in...

A group of tertiary students renting an accommodation hostel of more than 40 units lost all their belongings following the heavy rains that battered Tlokweng and nearby places throughout Saturday night.Early this week, The Midweek Sun to affected and...

Most of the popular scam trends such as those where people get swindled by unknown people claiming to be employees of network providers such as Mascom, BTC and Orange, emanate from inside prisons, The Midweek Sun has learnt.What happens is, prisoners...

A 36-year-old man is in police custody for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old girl of Seleka village situated in the Tswapong area.The accused is uncle to the 32-year-old mother of the Tumasera Primary School standard four pupil.It is suspected that...

A 65-year-old woman of Madimo ward, Mabalane village, in the Kgatleng District woke up in the early hours of Monday to an intruder standing inside her house and demanding to have sex with her.Confused and scared at the same time, the woman rubbed off...

The corpse of Keotshepile Naso Isaacs who was allegedly killed by husband Mompati Christopher Dodo Isaacs on New Year’s Day is expected to arrive in Botswana this month.Naso, as Keotshepile was affectionately known, met her demise while residing in...

Gabane South East Village Development Committee (VDC) chairperson, Obakeng Sekolokwane has announced that Gabane internal road will soon get a facelift.Speaking to The Midweek Sun this week, Sekolokwane expressed delight that government has finally...

Government’s huge investment in education is not bearing much fruit if statistics for the past years are anything to go by. This week, government announced that for the financial year 2024/25, the Ministry of Education will get the largest share of...

Samuel Selolwane (59) who was in court this past Monday for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old last week is one of the few that get caught abusing children in Botswana under the watch of guardians and parents.It is alleged that Selolwane had before...