Road rage
Bus driver whipped for assault Chief Alfred Dihutso of Mogoditshane kgotla on Tuesday ordered that a bus driver, 28-year-old Joseph Matsila be given three strokes on his bare buttocks for assaulting a...
View ArticleThe joy and pain of casual sex
Following recent incidents of casual sex that tragically ended with the death of either of the parties, The Voice reporter ONNEILE SETLALEKGOSI took to the streets of Gaborone to get a cross-section of...
View ArticleMission accomplished
Man serves 12 years for assaulting dad then murders him on release It seems the old adage ‘time heals all’ does not apply to a 33-year-old unemployed man from Tsie ward in Goodhope. Recently released...
View ArticleSuspected serial rapist back in court
A Ramatlabama man who is facing three charges of rape was back in court this week for violating his bail conditions. Reuben Shampis Morule appeared before Lobatse Chief Magistrate Mareledi Dipate after...
View ArticleCashing in on grass thatching
For more than two decades a dynamic duo from Mahalapye have successfully eked out a living by collecting and selling thatching grass. Sthatowa Kgoleethata, 63, and her 67-year-old business partner Keko...
View ArticleFarmer at heart
For other people, farming is just a source of income or pastime but for Mmaphefo Tonic Nthwesane, farming is trade that is close to her heart as she inherited love for it from her parents. Nthwesane...
View ArticleWe didn’t kill her
*Epileptic woman, 26, dies for P70 *Security guards book her for sex through Facebook What was to be a night of adventure turned into horror as a woman booked for a double sexual escapade by two...
View ArticleBizarre
Boys, 12 and 14 charged with raping a 5- year -old child In a shocking incident, a five-year-old pre-school going child from Molepolole was recently allegedly raped by two boys aged 12 and 14. The two...
View ArticleBreaking point
Man claims to be victim of violent, sexless marriage Battered, bruised and slightly humiliated, his right arm heavily bandaged with white plaster, a disillusioned old man with no where else to turn...
View ArticleAttacked for helping
Victim blames it on witchcraft Having been attacked with an axe in 2014 and again last Saturday, 28- year- old Kagiso Tshekoetsile from Ga-Segwagwa village is now convinced that this is witchcraft and...
View ArticleTarget 20 000 students stranded
Out of 148 Target 20 000 students who have been enrolled for a six month certificate course in Beauty Therapy and Hair Dressing at Gaborone International Professional Studies (GIPS), some students...
View ArticleCops brutalise vendors
Scores of street vendors ran for their lives yesterday while five of them were brutally assaulted and detained at Gaborone West police station as the police war against informal traders took a nasty...
View ArticleOver my dead body
-BCP activist attempts suicide over mistress What started as an exciting love affair nearly cost a Botswana Congress Party (BCP) activist his life after he was driven to the brink of suicide when his...
View ArticleCops swoop on vendors
Scores of vendors who sell food at G-West mall were brutally assaulted and five of them were detained at Gaborone West police station as the police war against informal traders took a nasty turn. Amid...
View ArticleGood riddance
Man celebrates Anderson’s deportation Tony Benn, a man who was pushed and thrown out of Steven Anderson’s church on Sunday says the government did well by deporting and declaring the controversial...
View ArticleSuspected paedophile denied bail
‘Paedophiles’ have no place in society. This is the message that Lobatse chief magistrate seemed to be sending home as he denied 43-year- old Ogomoditswe Mafoko who is accused of defiling six children...
View ArticleHusband reports wife for abortion
A disgruntled 33-year-old Selebi-Phikwe man, this week humiliated his 31-year-old wife when he dragged her before the police station and opened an abortion case against her. The husband who had been...
View ArticleA social worker with a big heart
Lorato Moalusi Sakufiwa is well known for her role in the fight against domestic violence and does not shy away to say her mind when it comes to issues concerning women’s welfare. It is this passion...
View ArticleUp in smoke
Mmathethe’s Bot50 celebrations ruined Two fires in two days destroy village’s gazebos Mmathethe village’s Bot50 celebrations have literally gone up in smoke after separate fires, suspected to have been...
View ArticleOut in the cold
Sheriffs evict family from home during funeral A 73-year-old woman living with disabilities and currently mourning the recent death of her daughter was unceremoniously evicted from her home of more...
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