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  • Discussing the President's motorcade in Parliament a security risk

    The debate over the government's expenditure on luxury cars for top officials took a dramatic turn when Gabane/Mmankgodi Member of Parliament (MP) Kagiso Mmusi criticized the high costs associated with the president's motorcade during a...

  • REPORTS: Six-year-old sexually abused by elder cousin

    Jwaneng police are investigating a shocking case of alleged sexual abuse involving a six-year-old girl. The incident came to light after the child's mother took her to Makwate village for the festive holidays. Upon returning to Jwaneng, the...

  • SEXLESS MARRIAGE

    With February being the month of love, a frustrated and deserted wife, Gaolatlhe Bosilo has dragged her husband, Kgotla Bosilo (46), to court this Monday, demanding spousal support, after he left their matrimonial home.The case was presided over by...

  • Nine Police Officers Suspended Amid Stock Theft Scandal

    In a significant development, nine police officers from the Anti-Stock Theft Unit in Mochudi, have been suspended over allegations of involvement in stock theft cases. Police Spokesperson, Near Bagali, confirmed the suspensions, stating,...

  • Court orders eviction of 46-year-old man from mother's house

    Kanye Magistrate, Koziba Kgakole-Mokokong on Monday blasted a 46-year-old man for living in his mother's home at his age and ordered his eviction.This is in a case where Solomon Monnawatsie, 46, appeared before court for severely beating one of...

  • Mashebeshete terrorises Lobatse, Molapowabojang

    Lobatse residents in all the Peleng wards are living in fear and have lost hope as rowdy young boys terrorise them at night, often beating them without provocation.The young boys aged as little as 15 break into houses, take clothes from washing...

  • ARMY AFFAIR

    In a surprising turn of events, a dispute between two Botswana Defense Force (BDF) soldiers over money given during a brief love affair has found its way to Lobatse Magistrate's Court.Corporal Mothusi Kenosi (47) has taken legal action against...

  • PRISON BREACH

    A 39-year-old male inmate at Mahalapye Prisons was caught red-handed receiving marijuana while still in his prison uniform on Monday at the prison kraals.According to reports, the inmate was seen slowly approaching a 27-year-old passer-by near the...

  • 20 year-old arrested for murder

    Tshepo Duncan Lesole, a 20-year-old man from Molapowabojang, has been arrested for murder.Appearing before the Lobatse Principal magistrate Tshoganetso Atamelang on Thursday, a visibly shocked Tshepo Duncan Lesole stood in the dock as charges were...

  • Traditional doctor reveals dark secrets of harvesting and using human parts

    Dr. Cosmos Tshukuru of the Dingaka tsa Setso association explains that some people still turn to traditional doctors, believing that using human parts can bring them luck and success. Many believe that these parts can help them gain influence,...

  • Jealous lover burns rival's farm, property over woman

    A 43-year-old Zimbabwean national, Simbarashe Tikere, has been accused of setting fire to another man's farm, causing extensive damage and reducing some of the property to ashes. Appearing before the Kanye Magistrate Court on Monday for a charge...

  • Man scalds his mother with boiling water

    A 39-year-old man from Kanye, Bonolo Kgaotlhe, has been arrested for scalding his mother with boiling water.Kgautlhe appeared visibly confused when he came before Kanye Magistrate Koziba Kgakole-Mokokong last week. He was unkempt, his woolly jersey...

  • Chema Chema remains a loan, and all will pay back the money

    The Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) has clarified that the Chema Chema Fund will remain a loan initiative, as outlined in its governing guidelines.This is despite President Advocate Duma Boko's promise to turn Chema Chema Fund...

  • Night intruder leaves man toothless and blind

    William Simon, 64, of Moshupa, has been left deformed and a shadow of his former self after losing teeth and his left eye in a brutal attack by an intruder.The victim, whose face is covered in stitches, reportedly lost seven teeth, suffered a torn...

  • Public health advocates push for science-led harm reduction policies in tobacco control

    Botswana, like many countries in Africa, is grappling with tobacco-related health challenges.According toThe Anti-Tobacco Network (ATN), a non-profit, non-governmental organization in Botswana that works to reduce tobacco use, around 3.8% of adults...

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