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The current political crisis in Bangladesh has somehow given a bit of hope for the family of Lesedi Molapisi, a Motswana woman who has been sentenced to death for trafficking illicit drugs in that country.The 30 year-old was arrested in 2022 at...

Botswana Sector of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) will this coming weekend launch the acquisition of land in Tsolamosese near Gaborone worth P6.1 million.The land comprises a total 39 plots that vary in size, some for residential and others for multi...

Dimpho Meswele is hoping that her 49-year-old ex-husband will repent while in prison after he killed her sister, Thato Meswele back in 2015.Murder convicts, Ernest Legwale, Meswele's ex-husband and a Zimbabwean man Hamadi Mkhuha, have both been...

Over one billion, six hundred and sixty-five million, two hundred and ninety-thousands pula (P1 665 290 000) has been spent on the construction of 28 police stations and staff houses across the country.Updating the media on Tuesday, Commissioner of...

Broadhurst Police are appealing to members of the public to help locate the mother, family or relatives of a baby girl estimated by medical doctors to be about nine days old.Assistant Superintendent, Pelonomi Marumo said in an interview with The...

A suspected serial rapist, Gomolemo Loeto, was arraigned before Extension II Magistrate Court in Gaborone this Monday on a charge of rape.Investigators say they added additional charges, as there are 15 other reports of rape linked to the case of the...

Murder convict, Ernest Legwale claims he was bewitched by his ex-wife and in-laws to murder Thato Meswele in Oodi nine year ago.Legwale and his accomplice, Hamadi Mkhuha, appeared before Gaborone High Court this Monday for mitigation after they were...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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, 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...

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...

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...