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A 38-year-old man of Somerset East in Francistown is suspected to have drunk a poisonous Tick and Flea Dip usually used to treat dog ticks, to kill himself.Superintendent Neo Serumula of Kutlwano Police Station in Francistown told The Midweek Sun...

A 55-year-old man is assisting Police in Serowe with investigations after he allegedly hit and killed an unknown man with a stone.Officer Commanding No. 2 District, Paul Oketsang said they received a report on Monday that a man in Seabe ward in...

Kgomo-Khumo operation within the Botswana Police Service has made a significant number of arrests with a total of 892 convictions made before courts throughout the country.Assistant Director of Anti-Stock Theft Unit, Council Moyo voiced concern over...

A 24-year-old man committed suicide this past Saturday in Dimajwe village near Serowe after he told his family that he was afraid of some traditional medicine potions he believed were planted in their yard.Officer Commanding Number 2 District Paul...

Botswana Police Service urges members of the public who own illegal weapons or arms to surrender them to the police.Senior Superintendent Gosekwang Sebitla of the Central Arms Registry said in an interview with The Midweek Sun that next month there...

A 20-year-old Zimbabwean national, Methulesi Moyo appeared before Extension 2 Magistrate Court on Monday accused of killing his friend, Fortune Sibanda in Modipane last week.Representing the state, Sub Inspector Elsie Kgaodi said their investigations...

Ahead of the Penal Code Amendment Bill No. 29 of 2022 being deferred on Tuesday by Minister of Justice Machana Shamukuni, Member of Parliament for Francistown West, Ignatius Moswaane had already made a public declaration that he would not support a...

Botswana has one of the highest suicide rates in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, the World Population Review has said. Research shows that at 26.3 per 100 000 population, male suicide rate is four times higher than that of...

The University of Botswana (UB) has suspended the entire Student Representative Council (SRC) which on Tuesday disrupted classes by locking lecture rooms and inciting students not to attend lessons.The SRC did this in a bid to vent their frustrations...

Amid the widespread protestations against gay rights in Botswana, LGBTQI Human rights activist, Karabo Kesegofetse says the society has to accept that some married men indulge in sexual activities with other gay men in Botswana.In an interview with...

Legalising sex work in the continent of Africa may help reduce the sexual exploitation of Adolescent Girls and Young Women who engage in sex work, which puts them at an increased risk of HIV transmission.This is the observation of Beauty Bayley a...

Anti-GBV activists have commended former Cabinet Minister, Bogolo Joy Kenewendo for opening up about the sexual harassment experience she has had on the job.Kitso Motlhale from the Botswana Gender Based Violence Prevention and Support Centre says it...

Murder suspect, Gomolemo Mmotlanyana who last month walked into a centre that protects Gender Based Violence (GBV) victims and allegedly killed his wife has been denied bail by the Broadhurst Magistrate Court this week.Gomolemo reportedly wielded and...

Murder suspect, Gomolemo Mmotlanyana who last month walked into a centre that protects Gender Based Violence (GBV) victims and allegedly killed his wife has been denied bail by the Broadhurst Magistrate Court this week.Gomolemo reportedly wielded and...

Female sex workers in Botswana have the highest HIV prevalence rate and a cumulated number of people living with HIV.UNAIDS Fast Track Advisor, Dr Chiweni Chimbwete told The Midweek Sun in an interview that 44 per cent of female sex workers in...