Cheeky arsonist
MAN BURNS DOWN EX-LOVER’S FAMILY HOME A suspected arsonist who swore that his ex-lover and her family would pay for spending his money allegedly accomplished his mission last Saturday as he razed down...
View ArticleFrozen chicken lands trio in hot soup
Three young female employees from Mogoditshane’s Sunbeam Hotel appeared before the village Kgotla on Wednesday charged with stealing a 15kg frozen chicken. Presiding over the case, Chief Tswina Mochudi...
View ArticleStone-breakers break even
With the dark, stagnant cloud of unemployment looming large over much of the country, daring entrepreneurs are increasingly turning to unusual occupations in a bid to eek out a living. Small businesses...
View ArticleDeadly blow
Son from hell kills brother with a fist punch He once chased his brother with an axe and stormed into the bathroom where he strangled his mother almost to death in the shower. The callous young man’s...
View ArticleSon’s suicide shocks family
Last Saturday a family from Mmathethe village had the grim task of having to identify their only son’s lifeless body as it hung limply from a tree. Early indications are that Meshack Motswakwa, 26,...
View Article‘BCP has lost it’- Mokgethi
She was Botswana Congress Party (BCP) parliamentary candidate for Gaborone West North in (2009) and Bonnington North in 2014. Recently she changed her name from Anna Motlhagodi to Anna Mokgethi and...
View ArticleJealous lover detained over girlfriend’s murder
Thamaga police are holding in custody a 25-year-old man for allegedly murdering his girlfriend last weekend in Mmankgodi village. Tshepiso Metsimabe is alleged to have strangled his 21-year-old...
View ArticleMan charged with threat to kill
A middle-aged man appeared before Lobatse Magistrate Court on Monday facing twin charges of a threat to kill and then escaping while under police custody. On the 7th of October, 30-year-old Mogotsi...
View ArticleBusted
Shaw Kgathi’s son arrested for drugs In a case that could be interesting to follow, the last born son of Minister of Defence, Justice and Security, Shaw Kgathi appeared at Lobatse Magistrate court on...
View ArticleLove rivalry ends in death
Man kills another for having twins WITH his baby mama A family from Goo Ramotlhale ward in Kanye was last week left in shock after their son was brutally killed by a suspected love rival. The...
View ArticleJazzing up the arts
Socca Moruakgomo is not just a veteran Jazz musician, he has dedicated much of his time to nurturing and mentoring raw talent in the country, turning young wannabes into polished professionals. Voice...
View ArticleSon hacks father to death
Residents from the small settlement of Manyana on Saturday gathered for the burial of a village elder, allegedly hacked to death by his son whilst the old man’s wife and daughter looked helplessly on....
View ArticlePopular pastor accused of molesting 11-year-old girl
A well-known pastor at City Bible Ministries Church was arrested on Monday accused of defiling an 11-year-old girl. Trusted spiritual cleric, 39-year-old Patrick Morolong allegedly raped his young...
View ArticleFrank talk with Kentse Rammidi
Kentse Rammidi is a politician who needs no introduction. He cut his teeth in politics in 1999 after being inspired by the likes of Daniel Kwelagobe, Festus Mogae and many others in the Botswana...
View ArticleOver my father’s dead body
An internal dispute between two family members over a piece of land on which their fathers are buried ended up before Lobatse Magistrates on Tuesday. The disagreement involves the land’s official...
View ArticleInnocent blood
In a tragic incident that shook the tiny village of Moshupa to the core this week, a sex starved man murdered his girlfriend’s niece in cold blood following an argument over sex. The seemingly...
View ArticlePolice bosses accused of oppression
A police Sergeant last Thursday blew the whistle on his superiors as he told a Kanye Magistrate’s court that they subject junior officers to severe oppression. Appearing on a single charge of...
View ArticleSex in the lab
Form three students ‘experiment’ in the Art laboratory Oodima Junior School in Oodi village was rocked by scandal last week after two Form 3 students were caught having sex inside the institution’s Art...
View ArticleCrisis
90% OF OODI COLLEGE STUDENTS TEST POSITIVE FOR STIs LEARNERS BLAME DIRTY TOILETS, GO ON STRIKE Oodi College of Applied Arts and Technology (OCAAT) has been hit with a crisis. Most of their students are...
View ArticleKanye murder suspect in court
A 48-year-old man from Goo-Lobeko ward in Kanye appeared before the village’s Magistrates Court on Thursday accused of murdering his girlfriend. Benard Silabo is said to have assaulted his lover...
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