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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...

Botswana has since 2021, become the first high-burden country to be certified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for achieving an important milestone on the path to eliminating mother-to-child transmission of the Human Immuno-Deficiency...

Kennedy Serero (23), a deaf man who is also gay, finds no reason not to fall in love with other gay men and enjoy his life.However, he admits having difficulty finding love especially within the deaf community. Seroro who hails from Kanye noticed...

My Star talent search competition winners from the last edition, have not received their prizes yet.Since the competition ended in September 2022, winners, Otsile Motlotle and Lebakwaeng Modisathebe, who was the runner-up, have been up in arms with...

Goitsenna Kagiso (34) from Gumare shot his girlfriend’s aunt, Makere Sarefo (72) and later shot himself. The man died from his own gunshot having initially gone all out to the house of his girlfriend, Kapangu Motama's (31) aunt, to kill the...

The fateful morning of November 2022 brought a lot of pain and frustration for 46-year-old Mmoloki Maretele of Mankgodi village.His legs were severely burnt in a horrific incident that nearly claimed his life.Narrating his ordeal to The Midweek Sun,...

Gender Based Violence (GBV) Activist Wiseman Gorewang, says drug and substance abuse is a major contributing factor towards increased cases of GBV.Gorewang told this publication that in most cases, perpetrators often use intoxication as an excuse for...

Pastor and businessman Sekati Sekati, who was released from civil imprisonment on Friday,wishes for one thing - that civil imprisonment would not be as brutal as it is currently.Sekati, who became popular overnight as a result of his widely published...

At only 16 years old, Sechaba Magula of Francistown started experimenting with marijuana when his roommate let him finish his joint.At the time, he was already hooked on thinner cigarettes and benzene.Now 41 years old, Magula says he has done most...

A Gender Based Violence (GBV) activist and counsellor who works closely with prison inmates, Wiseman Gorewang, wants the government to allow prisoners to vote. In fact, he believes that if prisoners were allowed to vote, most of them would vote...

The Tsholofelo East township in Gaborone attracted attention in the early hours of Sunday when the police were called to a double-murder and suicide incident that would for this week become the talk of the town. Two children were killed while their...

Men are increasingly being raped by other men due to the change in culture and new trends in lifestyles.Wiseman Lopang Gorewang, a Gender Based Violence (GBV) activist and counsellor, has assisted some men who needed counselling after terrible...