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The Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak continues to disrupt livestock farming operations across the country, with fresh suspected cases reported in the Southern Districts and movement restrictions still in force as authorities intensify...

For many Batswana, falling sick has become more frightening than ever before. Across villages and cities, patients are no longer battling illness, but also the painful reality of empty shelves at public hospitals and clinics.Although Members of...

A Senior Police Officer has been suspended over missing exhibits linked to the case of slain police officer, Constable Focus Isaiah.The officer in question is none other than the Sejelo Police Station in Kanye, Station Commander, Superintendent...

Scammers continue to prey on unsuspecting Batswana, leaving many financially ruined and emotionally shattered, despite repeated warnings from the police, banks, mobile money operators and cybercrime experts.The latest victim is a 29-year-old...

Sex workers across Botswana are increasingly turning to traditional herbs and home remedies to treat sexually transmitted infections (STIs) as shortages of medicines and condoms continue to affect public health facilities.Many are forced to spend...

While many pensioners rely only on the government old age allowance to survive, one elderly man from Mochudi has carved a different path for himself through woodwork inspired by what he believes was a spiritual calling. A pensioner from Ramasilela...

Health Care Assistants (HCAs) locked in a long running dispute with the Ministry of Health over salary progression from B2 to C2 have formally notified the government of a petition, set for submission on 22 May 2026.This follows continued frustration...

Tension is brewing between the Bangwaketse community leadership and Bathoen II Trust board of trustees over a proposed investment near Mmakgodumo Dam, as ex officio Members of Parliament demand greater clarity on the ongoing negotiations and...

In a cruel turn of events, a 61-year-old pensioner from Molapowabojang’s Ntomalome ward was lured into believing he would receive help for his personal problems, only to lose his entire pension savings.All the bank transactions were carried out in...

Panic and fear spread among Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church youths attending a Pathfinder Boot Camp in Kang in the early hours of Sunday morning, after the discovery of an 11-year-old boy lying motionless in his tent.The week-long camp, which...

An outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) at the Ramatlabama National Artificial Insemination Laboratory and Training Centre in the Goodhope District has triggered urgent disease control measures, as farmers and authorities move swiftly to contain...

Kanye councillors on Tuesday grilled Minister of Water and Sanitation, Onneetse Ramogapi, accusing him of defending what they called years of mismanagement under the former ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). They bluntly told him that it was...

Obakeng Gonewe (40), accused of murdering his sister and harvesting her private parts into a three-legged pot in Moshupa, was rejected by family members during his bail hearing on Monday in a case presided over by Kanye Magistrate Court Principal...

Botswana Nurses Union (BONU) Secretary General, Lebogang Philip has urged government to permanently employ temporary nurses.Phillip argued that the lack of job security frustrates them and drives many to seek better opportunities abroad.Speaking...

As the festive season approaches, local artists and event MCs are voicing frustrations over what they describe as exploitation by event promoters.Speaking to The Midweek Sun, many lamented being taken for granted, with some resorting to performing...