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Founder of Thembilicious delights, Thembi Mokaloba, a cake making business, strives to make it in the baking industry. She recently told Vibe that her passion for baking inspired her to create unique styles of cakes for clients.According to Mokaloba,...

There is an emerging and disturbing trend where some youngsters are increasingly engaging in unprotected sex.HIV Activist, Pako Bootsapo has observed that some see this risky behaviour that exposes them to HIV infection as fashionable and something...

An inmate who died ‘mysteriously’ after prison officers restrained him for allegedly attacking one of their own in a Kasane prison last week will be laid to rest this Wednesday in Nata.In an interview with The Midweek Sun, Botswana Prisons Public...

World Executive Director for Nothing Without Us Society, Beauty Bayley says contrary to popular belief, male sex work exists and is rife in Botswana.The organisation, which is based in Francistown, is a community-based society working to improve...

Alpha Outreach Botswana, an organisation that aims to transform and empower inmates, hosted 81 inmates from Moshupa Boys Prison for a three-month spiritual course.In an interview, Country Director Bekezela Mauze said the programme aims to transform...

Ex-convict, Boyson Mokone is living with the aftermaths of being convicted wrongfully. Mokone was wrongly convicted in 1998 after he was accused of rape.His life dramatically changed that day. He had to serve one year in prison even though he was...

Botswana Traditional Practitioners Association has distanced itself from individuals who allegedly harvest body parts from innocent people whether dead or alive for potions and charms for purposes of attracting wealth, among other reasons.In an...

Letlhakane Police are investigating a case in which a newborn baby boy was found dumped in a pit latrine in Letsibogo ward in Letlhakane this past Sunday morning.Letlhakane Police Station Commander, Michael Maphephu said they received a report from a...

Over a week later, Police and Botswana Defence Force scuba divers have this week continued in their intensive search for two fishermen who went missing at the Gaborone Dam on Sunday 17th of July 2022.There are fears that the duo may have drowned....

Botswana has entered into a number of inter-government collaborative arrangements with countries including Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, and Rwanda to address corruption and related crimes. These arrangements have resulted in the signing of a...

Kativa Diwanga (37) of Block 1 in Francistown is trying to pick up the pieces after a devastating triple murder charge against him back in 2019.He vividly recalls the confusion that filled his life on that fateful day when he was whisked away in...

Teachers’ workload compromises the learning and teaching process hence the Ministry of Education and Skills Development must consider reducing it, the Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Unions (BOSETU) Secretary-General Tobokani Rari has said.In...

A 30-year-old man of Seabe ward in Serowe committed suicide last Sunday morning after stabbing his 28-year-old girlfriend with a sharp object.Serowe Police Station Commander, Poloko Oteng says the incident was reported by relatives after they found...

Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) has this Monday launched the 2021/2022 Tax year Filing Season as it has been tasked by the Government to assess and collect revenue on its behalf.Speaking at the official launch in Francistown, BURS Tax...

Organisation of African Instituted Churches (OAIC) President, Dr. Tebogo Motlhagodi says there was no proper consultation with church bodies regarding the Amendment of the Societies Act that governs churches.Dr. Motlhagodi said that the government...