Mother slits son’s throat
*The murder followed custody dispute with ex-boyfriend *Accused to undergo psychiatric examination A young mother who was desperate to keep her son away from his father is in police custody for the...
View ArticleStudents demand closure of bookstore
Botho University students will tomorrow (Thursday) hold a peaceful demonstration, to plead for the temporary closure of the Gaborone Campus bookstore. This follows last week’s meeting, presided over by...
View Article‘They wanted to harvest my body parts’
Student claims narrow escape from muti killers A short trip to the supermarket turned into a nightmare for a former Seepapitso student who narrowly escaped death at the hands of kidnappers....
View ArticleKgosi Lotlaamoreng’s brother detained for bar theft
Lobatse Magistrate court on Friday, ordered a remand for two members of the Lotlaamoreng royal family, accused of bar breaking and theft. The duo, 24-year-old Montshiwa Montshiwa, who is the younger...
View ArticleWinners graduate
Botswana editors honored by Wits University Seven top editors graduated from the WAN-IFRA Women in News (WIN) programme last week at the Botswana Craft. The one year -programme which offers women in...
View ArticleMochudi march against murder
Mochudi community, in partnership with the area police will tomorrow (Saturday) stage a campaign against murder and homicide in Kgatleng district. The prayer campaign will be led by the Evangelical...
View ArticleStraight talk with Molokwe
A licenced pilot with a diploma in Aircraft operation, Daniel Otsile Molokwe is used to flying high. The gentle, mild-mannered man, who is a qualified Aircraft Accident Investigator, now hopes to scale...
View ArticleGoat thieves torment Sojwe farmers
Sojwe village in the Kweneng area is in the grip of a rising stock theft epidemic. Recently, some farmers had their goats stolen while others were slaughtered and skinned inside kraals before the...
View ArticleRising star releases debut single
Talented 11-year-old singing sensation Angela Sikwane – known to her ever-growing legion of followers as ‘Angie’ – has finally dropped her much-anticipated debut single. ‘No More Talk’ is an energetic...
View Article‘She poisoned my chibuku’
Man claims wife tried to kill him 57-year-old Happy Musuku is lucky to be alive. The Lothlhakane East elder narrowly survived what he suspects was an attempt on his life by his wife, Tiroyaone...
View ArticleDeja vu
Woman murdered in similar way to her twin A devastated father is struggling to come to terms with the brutal murder of his daughter,12 years after her twin sister was killed in a similar manner in the...
View ArticleKgatleng residents march against murder
Hallelujahs and Amens echoed through Mochudi streets this morning as members of the Evangelical Fellowship of Botswana, together with the police, mobilised the public in a march against murder....
View ArticleTrain kills two brothers
The Molatlhegi family in Morwa village are mourning the death of their two sons who perished in a tragic train accident. The two brothers died on the spot on Friday evening, after the vehicle they were...
View ArticleBCP confident of claiming Rasesa ward
Two weeks ago we spoke to the Botswana Democratic Party’s Daniel Molokwe, who will be standing in Saturday’s Rasesa by-election. This week, The Voice journalist Onneile Setlalekgosi caught up with the...
View ArticleDagga lands Swazi woman in court
This Wednesday, 20-year-old Tengetile Thebisile Hlophe from Swaziland pleaded guilty before Village Magistrate Court to being caught with 6310.2 grams of dagga. Details of the charge sheet are that...
View ArticleIsaac Kgosi’s house robbed
Suspects denied bail The Third suspect accused of breaking into the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DISS) Director General, Isaac Kgosi’s house was arraigned before a magistrate in...
View ArticleLove gone sour
Councillor lands in a hot water fight Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) Councillor for Phakalane ward, Mmapula Tsholofelo Amos, got more than she bargained for last weekend when she was scalded with...
View ArticlePetty thief whipped for stealing food
A shoplifter who stuffed a piece of boewors and sliced cheese under his baggy pants at Game Discount Store, was this week flogged by an Old-Naledi Customary court for theft. Batlwaetse Masope, 31, who...
View ArticleJustice denied
Man 68 rapes minor, 14 Parents receive P 2, 300 bribery from rapist A car ride from Malebala lands recently turned horrific, for a 14-year-old girl of Sojwe village when a 68-year-old man stopped his...
View ArticleSodomy at school
15-year-old boy accused of raping six minors Disturbing allegations have emerged from Thamaga Junior School concerning a 15-year-old male Form One student currently under investigation for reportedly...
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