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Lame Lucas
  • P34 million political party funding money lying idle

    With only four months to the general elections, political parties are yet to agree on the best model for sharing the P34.6 million allocated by government as highlighted by the Minister of Finance Peggy Serame in her presentation of the national...

  • Ramotswa residents in shock because of murder incidents

    The residents of Ramotswa are reeling in shock and anger at the recent spate of murder incidents involving couples in their village. This Monday, the villagers were alerted to the news of a popular figure in the village having killed his girlfriend...

  • Man mauled in Etsha 12 leopard attack

    A 50-year-old man of Etsha 12, a village in the North West District is fighting for his life in Gumare Primary Hospital after he was attacked by a leopard.Confirming the incident, Gumare station Commander, Chenamo Orateng said they received a report...

  • Contesting for elections is expensive - Majaga

    Member of Parliament for Nata-Gweta, Polson Majaga has decried the high costs politicians incur when campaigning for general elections, as well as the short period they will have for campaigns.Speaking in an interview with The Midweek Sun in Nata,...

  • Allegation: Woman loses kidney after being misdiagnosed

    A 53-year-old woman of Lobatse is appealing for help after one of her kidneys was removed allegedly as a result of being misdiagnosed.This has again placed the spotlight on the country’s public healthcare system following the allegations of...

  • Death row inmate expresses remorse over two death cases

    Death-row inmate, Gobuamang Ntsuape is a repentant man who has expressed deep remorse for his actions, a psychologist with Botswana Prison Services, Tsholofelo Zion said, when giving evidence in chief before Justice Barnabas Nyamadzabo of Gaborone...

  • 14-year-old girl raped and left pregnant

    A suspect in the case in which a 14-year-old girl was raped and impregnated in Maunatlala Village near Palapye is still at large.Confirming the incident, Officer Commanding No. 2 District, Paul Oketsang said they received a report from the girl’s...

  • Lesedi Molapisi’s father pleads for prayers

    Goitsemodimo Mopapisi, the father of Lesedi Molapisi who has been sentenced to death for drug smuggling in Bangladash is pleading for prayers from Batswana at large.In an interview with The Midweek Sun, Goitsemodimo said he was staying with his...

  • Dr Gure: There is nothing wrong with period sex

    Some women have high libido during their monthly menstrual period and there is a reasonable explanation for this, according to General Practitioner at Gure Medical Centre, Dr Gure Gure.Dr Gure said in an interview with The Midweek Sun that having sex...

  • MARKED FOR LIFE

    A burn injury regardless of its size can significantly alter how the body looks and functions, especially when the scars are visible.This leads to body image distress for people who have experienced them, 23-year-old Palesa Peterson, a third-degree...

  • 83 stock theft suspects arrested within one month

    Following the re-launch of KgomoKhumo 8 Operation last month, Botswana Police has arrested 83 suspects so far.Kgomokhumo is an anti-stock theft operation which aims to identify stock theft syndicates and profile them, identify market for stolen stock...

  • One man dies, three escape as elephant attacks farmers

    The 76-year-old man that was killed by an elephant in Nxauaxau village in the North-West District along the Okavango Delta and Namibian border, was buried this past weekend.Gumare Station Commander, Chenamo Orateng confirmed the report that the...

  • Foreigners invade Modipane

    Tribal authorities in Modipane in the Kgatleng District have bemoaned the increasing cases in which residents are terrorised by undocumented immigrants, most of them from Zimbabwe.Kgosi Fanuel Mokalake told The Midweek Sun in an interview on Monday...

  • KIND GESTURE

    Mabaila Foundation has pledge an amount of P10 000 to the sole survivor of the Limpopo Bus crash from the proceeds of the Clap and Tap Musical Festival which was held over the past weekend in Gaborone.Founder of Mabaila Foundation, Tshepang Mabaila...

  • Men fined P50K each for unlawful possession of tusks

    The Francistown Magistrate Court has fined two men - Omphitlhetse Meshak and Percy Lotlegang - P50 000 each for the two counts of the offence of unlawful possession of elephant tusks.When passing judgement, Magistrate Ditebogo Ntule said that the...

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