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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

They say lightning does not strike the same place twice, but in the case of rape accused, Samuel Selolwane, he has indeed been struck twice by the High Court on his bail application.Selolwane was denied bail for the second time by the High Court this...

Serowe police are investigating a case in which a 31-year-old man of Sebadi ward stabbed his 19-year-old lover to death and later committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope from the roof rafters.Acting Station Commander, Eric Dambe told The...

A 25-year-old woman is fighting for her life at Jubilee Psychiatric Hospital in Francistown, following a failed suicide attempt. Kachikau Police Station Commander Situme Budane said they received a report on the attempted suicide from a Kachikau...