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Kgatleng District Council has ordered the closure of 13 pre-schools and daycare centres that were found operating without licenses. The move follows inspections by the Department of Social and Community Development, which revealed that the centres...

Sikwane village in Kgatleng East is gripped by shock and speculation following the sudden death of a 38-year-old man at Phataneng ward.The man, who lived alone, was discovered by a neighbour lying lifeless on his bed. Soon after the discovery,...

What was meant to be a quiet evening journey to prepare for a dignified burial turned into a horror story on Saturday, when a hearse overturned along the Bokspits–Struizendam gravel road.The vehicle, belonging to Arable Magic Funeral Parlour, was...

Botswana’s entertainment industry is fast becoming a battlefield for survival, as musicians, actors, comedians, and influencers open up about the struggles they face behind the glitter of fame. While many appear to live glamorous lifestyles, the...

Former Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) National Youth Executive Committee Chairperson, Thabo Autlwetse has announced his resignation from the party, saying he has no intention of ever returning.Autlwetse contested for the Secretary General position...

Kanye Magistrate Court was packed to the brim on Tuesday as Bangwaketse tribesmen turned up in large numbers to show support for their paramount chief, Kgosi Malope II Gaseitsiwe.Among the crowd that filled the courtroom to an extent that...

Mismanagement of funds is crippling parts of Botswana’s private security industry, with some companies failing to pay their workers, even after receiving full payment from clients.Minister for State President, Moeti Mohwasa, revealed in Parliament...

A 29-year-old man from Lepapa ward in Moshupa, Obusitswe Nkaelang, has alleged that police CID officers forced him to defecate in the bush behind the station, and then compelled him to consume his own faeces.He told the Kanye magistrate court that...

The Kanye Magistrate Court on Thursday heard a case involving a letter sent by Metlhaeno Gaseitsewe Bathoen to Bangwaketse Paramount Chief, Kgosi Malope II.Before the matter landed in court, Gaseitsewe (59) told The Midweek Sun that the letter was...

The Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) has lost over P88 million to copper cable theft in the past five years, according to information presented in Parliament this week.Minister of Minerals and Energy, Bogolo Kenewendo, told Parliament that the...

On Thursday, a woman walked into Kanye Magistrate Court looking like a shadow of herself, red-eyed, visibly in pain,and with her family by her side.They had come to witness her ex-boyfriend, a Botswana Defence Force (BDF) soldier, being...

Teko Mosweu, the 26-year-old man accused of driving a truck into his ex-girlfriend’s house and killing a baby in the process, has pleaded with the Lobatse Magistrate Court to release him on bail.But his plea has been firmly opposed by the victims,...

The Kanye Magistrate Court on Thursday heard a case involving a letter sent by Metlhaeno Gaseitsewe Bathoen to Bangwaketse Paramount Chief, Kgosi Malope II.Before the matter landed in court, Gaseitsewe (59) told The Midweek Sun that the letter was...

A frustrated 50-year-old woman, One Nono Gaolatlhe, on Thursday took her long-time ex-lover to court for breach of marriage promise after being together for 16 years. Appearing before Kgosi Gaofenngwe Bome of Kanye Customary Court, Gaolatlhe, a nurse...

A concerned pensioner and father, Mokgethisi Letang, appeared in court on Wednesday to initiate legal proceedings against his daughter, Potso Precious Matamoge (34), and her ex-boyfriend, Mpho Letebele (44), concerning child support obligations for...