Woman of power
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr Pelonomi Venson Moitoi has been endorsed as the African Union Commission Chair candidate by Southern Africa. She is vying for the...
View ArticleBakwena denies kneeling before Khama
The outgoing ombudsman, Festina Bakwena has refuted allegations that she fell to her knees at the door and crawled to president Ian Khama’s feet on her first visit to his office. Bakwena, who announced...
View ArticleMan saves cousin’s life then commits suicide
Delight turned to despair for a family in Ramotswa after a 35-year-old man hung himself just hours after he saved his cousin’s life. Reuben Samuel, a father of two, left a short message for his loved...
View ArticleOmnious Buffalo
Foot and Mouth Scare Rocks Kanye Following the recent discovery of a buffalo roaming around Moreane, near Kanye, the region’s worried farmers have expressed concern that the government will use it as...
View ArticleThe 10 year old saviour
Young girl becomes light of the family While her peers spend their spare time playing and not worrying a bit about life and its challenges, a 10- year -old girl from Kanye has to be contend with...
View ArticleTragedy
Stampeding cattle crush man to death. A 47-year-old herdsman was on Tuesday morning trampled to death by a stampeding herd of cattle at Mabesekwa village near Tonota. The deceased was from Mmashoro...
View ArticleDriving the Wheels of Change
Life as a Female Taxi-Driver Taxi driving is an age-old profession whose routes can be traced all the way back to the early 17th century when horse-drawn carriages ferried customers across both London...
View ArticleJealous lover rips woman’s ear off
A night of clubbing went painfully wrong for a 22-year-old Limkokwing student when her jealous boyfriend apparently ripped off her left ear in a drunken rage. The unsavoury incident took place in the...
View ArticleMan Kills Another For Laughing
A man who killed a laughing stranger has been remanded at Sbrana Hospital in Lobatse for psychiatric evaluation. This morning the prosecution pleaded with a Village Magistrates court to have 24-year...
View ArticleColleagues Announce Councillor’s Death
South East District Councillors this afternoon gathered to officially announce the passing of their Deputy Chairman, Molemi Rakgomo. Speaking at the sombre gathering, Suffle Mosomane, a friend who last...
View ArticleThieves ransack Tops Dry Cleaners
Police are on the hunt for thieves who burgled Tops dry Cleaners and made away with P23 000.00 after blasting the safe open. A Manager at the dry-cleaner’s, Vincent Seitei, says the burglars broke into...
View ArticleBotswana Leading The Way In Elephant Conservation
Every year, 20, 000 elephants are killed for their ivory. It is a tragically high number and makes Botswana’s status as the home of Africa’s largest elephant population all the more important. The...
View ArticleBCP fallen councillor to be laid to rest on Saturday(30th April 2016)
The Memorial service for the departed Botswana Congress Party (BCP) councilor for Kelemogile ward in Ramotswa Molemi Rakgomo was held on Thursday at South East district Council. The 48-year-old Rakgomo...
View ArticleBCP youth league to meet
The Botswana Congress Party Youth League (BCPYL) will over the weekend hold its annual youth conference in Palapye. BCPYL President, Tumiso Chillyboy Rakgare said top of the agenda is the amendment of...
View ArticleDethroned Bakgatla chiefs reinstated
Kgafela finally to come home Bakgatla who thronged the Mochudi main Kgotla on Tuesday to listen to Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Slumber Tsogwane responding to grievances raised...
View ArticleElephant kills Serowe man
A herdsman between ages of 35 and 40 was on Friday attacked and killed by a lone elephant at Mabuo settlements near Serowe. The incident was reported before Serowe police station on Saturday morning by...
View ArticleRape accused says victim consented
Nearly four years after he defiled a 14 year old girl on a football pitch, a Ranaka man has finally been tried by a Kanye magistrates court and his fate will be decided on May 20th. 48-year-old Edison...
View ArticleLover killed by girlfriend’s brother
Boyfriend demanded sex hours after lover gave birth Hours after giving birth to a baby boy, a 33-year-old woman’s delight turned to despair when she allegedly witnessed her brother kill the father of...
View ArticleSculpting a living
At the tender age of 12, Anthony Thapelo Mmelesane realised that he had a natural talent for art. Even at such a young age, the gifted child’s self-belief in his artistic abilities was already so great...
View ArticleJetting off to the Seychelles
Botswana Life Customers Win Dream Holiday Two lucky Botswana Life Insurance Limited (BLIL) customers have won a holiday package to the Seychelles courtesy of the companies’ ‘swipe and win’ Liferewards...
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