Author

Fifteen people charged with arson and malicious damage to property following riots that happened in Molepolole last week have caused damage of over P700 000.The riots happened shortly after the police found the decomposed body of 35-year-old Phenyo...

A 55-year-old man of Lepokole village in the central district committed suicide inside Bobonong Police Station cells in the wee hours of Tuesday this week.According to sources, the man is a murder ex-convict.He had served his sentence wholly but was...

In a disturbing incident that occurred in Tsetsebjwe this past week, two young girls injured each other after inserting sticks in their vaginas.The two girls aged five and eight are suspected to have been playing together in the afternoon when they...

Some farmers think that just because the Botswana Police operatives are busy traversing the country and arresting livestock thieves, they can now relax and not bother make their own efforts of preventing their livestock from being stolen. This is how...

A suicidal 59-year-old man of Gabane was interrupted in his mission to end his life on Friday morning after concerned family members called the police on him.The man was found by the police at Gabane Hill, where it is alleged he was intending to hang...

Six Zimbabwean men were arrested at Martins’ Drift border-post after being found in possession of Marijuana weighing around 14kg and valued at over P65 000.Martin’s Drift station commander, Moses Morolong confirmed to this publication on Tuesday...

Cases in which mothers sell their daughters to men, mainly older ones with heavy pockets, are increasing in Botswana.Once mothers realise that their children are maturing into adults but often still underage, they allow them to go out and find men...

The appalling behaviour of a section of Mphuthe Junior Secondary School students who have organised themselves into gangs, is worsening by the day. They are forever intoxicated, they beat up other students and threaten to kill teachers. This past...

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) decided to hire public servants as voter registration clerks because the youth and the unemployed messed up the Voter’s Roll in 2018 ahead of the 2019 elections.IEC Secretary Jefferson Siamisang told The...

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) was clueless regarding being dragged to court by the Umbrella for Democratic Party (UDC) late Tuesday afternoon this week.The UDC went to court seeking relief after the IEC refused to allow them (UDC) a...

Residents of Semotswane village along the Tonota-Francistown Road have more questions than answers regarding the death of Gabalape Tshwang (32).Tshwang was found dead on Sunday morning after a goods train ran over his body.Assistant Superintendent...

Thieves got a lot more than they had bargained for on Monday morning at Gabane when members of the community successfully tracked them down and handed them to the police. But before the police were called in, members of the community took their anger...

Botswana has managed to successfully amend the Penal Code and put in place stiffer penalties for sexual offences, in an effort to curb growing cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the country.The amended laws make provision for compensation of...

A 14-year-old form one student of Tsetsebjwe Junior Secondary School in the Bobirwa district has been impregnated by her mother’s boyfriend.The student is four-months pregnant and her 37-year-old abuser has been remanded in custody after appearing...

President Mokgweetsi Masisi says if Batswana do not want to vote him back into power as president, he is fine with it, he will pack his bags and go home to concentrate on farming.Masisi said this at a consultative kgotla meeting in Bobonong recently...