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Three Botswana Prison Service officers are currently on interdiction pending investigations into alleged criminal offences committed inside the prison.According to a written response to this publication, the officers have been reported to the police,...

A surprise raid by Gaborone City Council (GCC) officials has exposed disturbing food safety violations at both formal and informal food outlets across the city.The findings left many residents alarmed and wondering how some businesses continue to...

A 26-year-old man appeared before the Lobatse Magistrate Court on Monday, charged with murder and attempted murder.He allegedly drove a truck into his ex-lover’s house in a violent attack that killed a 7-month-old baby. The man, employed as a truck...

Police in Nata are investigating a defilement case after two young men, aged 26 and 18, were caught fighting in the streets of Kachikau.Both men had already torn each other's clothes before the fight broke out and have since been charged with...

The Minister of Water and Human Settlement, Onneetse Ramogapi, has defended the Bonno housing project following social media debate over the structure of the newly-unveiled homes in Mabutsane.Ramogapi says critics are simply bitter because they never...

Fraud is quietly spreading in Botswana, with women becoming the most affected. Many are being lured into traps through false promises and deceit, leaving behind a trail of emotional distress and financial loss.In recent months, police across the...

Kanye District Council has received a budget of P586,530 from the Ministry of Health to repair a fleet of 24 vehicles transferred as part of the Primary Health Care (PHC) services transition. Out of the vehicles handed over, 10 ambulances and four...

- 'We bury our loved ones in debt’Grieving families say they feel stranded and humiliated as delays in payouts by Badiphitlho Burial Society continue, with some members waiting up to six months for funds, long after their loved ones are...

A murder case in Kanye has taken an unexpected turn after it was revealed before the court that forensic samples were mixed up at the lab. The murder case in which Kefentse Keke Rangaka is accused of killing and dismembering his mother in 2024 has...

A murder case in Kanye has taken an unexpected turn after it was revealed before the court that forensic samples were mixed up at the lab. The murder case in which Kefentse Keke Rangaka is accused of killing and dismembering his mother in 2024 has...

A 27-year-old woman’s late-night outing with her middle-aged boyfriend took a tragic turn in Letlhakane’s Sekwa ward.Details of the incident reveal that the couple had decided to drive around nearby areas to relax, eventually stopping at Sekwa...

Some pensioners in Kanye have accused some taxi drivers of charging them more than the usual taxi special fee, following the recent increase of their monthly old age allowance. As of April 1st, government increased the Old Age Pension from P830 to P1...

Nancy Oratile Pelokgosi, a 38-year-old mother of three from Jerusalema ward in Moshupa, was evicted from the family home last week along with her children by her 62-year-old mother, Khumoetsile Pelokgosi.The case was presided over by Kanye Principal...

Many women continue to withdraw cases against their abusers despite the alarming GBV statistics in the country.On Tuesday, 29-year-old Khumo Patience Ramoruiwa appeared in Lobatse Magistrate’s Court to withdraw a case against her boyfriend, David...

Moagi Mokomeng, the prime suspect in the shocking Kgomokasitwa triple murder case, pleaded for bail before the Lobatse Magistrate Court this week Tuesday.Mokomeng, accused of fatally shooting three members of the Ramolala family in February 2025,...