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  • Traditional healer admits to owning huge snake

    In Goo-Lobekwe ward in Kanye, a 27-year-old man, Phemo Keakaetswe is well-known for keeping a large snake.Passers-by often spot it from a distance and rush to report to the police. Keakaetswe is a traditional doctor and he operates from a compound...

  • Brawl over goats leads to three deaths

    A 26-year-old man from Kgwakgwe in Kanye allegedly committed a shocking crime in Matlholejane cattlepost on Saturday, resulting in the tragic deaths of his great aunt, a family daughter-in-law, as well as himself.A 40-year-old man residing in the...

  • No arrests yet in Masire's mysterious murder

    Police in Kanye are intensifying the search for the killers of 86-year-old Ephraim Kabo Masire, who was strangled to death on Monday 4th February at his well-secured residence in Goo Motebejane ward in Kanye.Masire, who was former president Sir...

  • School teacher ordered to pay P350 in child maintenance

    A teacher at Digawana Junior Secondary School, Ishmael Lebani, was heavily criticised in court for taking a loan to support his parents' wedding while he failed to financially support his own child.Lebani was dragged before Kanye Magistrate Court...

  • Concern as some Kanye families are headed by 10-year-olds

    A Social and Community Development Officer at Kanye District Council has expressed concern over the prevalence of child-headed families, citing instances where children as young as 10 years old are responsible for leading households.The social...

  • Man bitten by rats on penis forced to take a break from sex

    A 44-year-old man of Mokuete ward in Kanye, Kgangetsile Kebonamang, nearly lost his genitals after rats bit his penis while he was sleeping.The struggling father of two lamented being terrorised by rats and fears that they will cause infections for...

  • Ba Isago University introduces GBV course

    Gender-Based Violence (GBV) remains a pressing issue in Botswana, with women facing threat of violence every day.Ba Isago University has stepped in to address the issue through the introduction of Degree and Diploma programmes on GBV.The Centre for...

  • Police intercept theft of P20 000 worth of copper cables

    Mahalapye police successfully intercepted and retrieved a heap of copper cables valued at P20,000 from a group of thieves last week Thursday evening.One of the two security guards that were stationed to monitor the cables at Mahalapye power station...

  • Teenager in defilement trouble after impregnating 16-year-old

    The mother of a 16-year-old teenage girl was on Thursday left speechless, after discovering that her only child is pregnant.The news of the pregnancy emerged after the Form Three student at a junior school in Mahalapye, complained to her mother about...

  • Man goes around burning people's houses in Kanye

    The Radipitse family in Kanye at Maisakamo ward experiences sleepless nights due to a young man who stands by their windows at night, vandalising and burning family property.Narrating the family recurring ordeal to The Midweek Sun this week,...

  • SHAMEFUL: Police officers live in deplorable conditions

    Police officers in Dilolwe camp in Kanye reside in severely dilapidated houses. This week, they shared their concerns about their challenging living conditions.Some time ago, a toddler died in an electric shock incident in one of the dilapidated...

  • THIEF KILLERS

    Kanye Magistrate Court last week granted some 12 frustrated and desperate farmers from Gamoswaane settlement bail after they had been detained in police custody for a day, for a single count of murder.Details of the tragic incident are that the angry...

  • Matheke Leteane Weds

    In a joyous celebration of love and faith, celebrity award winning gospel musician and Pastor Matheke Leteane exchanged vows with his sweetheart, Ogone Wadikgomo in Otse on Saturday.The lavish wedding ceremony was held at Tarbunacle church of Zion,...

  • Mogoditshane man dies during steamy sex

    A 47-year-old woman shaking with fear after a passionate sexual encounter went to the Mogoditshane police station to report a death that happened during the intimate act.The shocked woman reported that she met the 71-year-old man, who proposed love...

  • Contribute equally in romantic relationships - Rev Moruakgomo

    Reverend Mpho Moruakgomo has cautioned women against excessive demands they place upon men, asking them to scale down and instead also provide for their men as well.When speaking during a Men's Conference organised by InChrist Bible Institute...

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