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Lebogang Mosikare
  • No end in sight for BPF/Butale legal strife

    The BPF suspended Butale late last year following allegations that he had sexually violated a female student party activist amongst others. But Butale denies the allegations.He says that the allegations are politically motivated by some very powerful...

  • BONU president outlines manifesto

    In an interview with Mmegi, Baleseng stated that one of the nagging issues that affect the nursing cadre that he will strive hard to address is the issue of lack of accommodation. He credited the Ministry of Health (MoU) for creating more health...

  • Makwengwe confident of TAFIC's escape

    This is the question that is on the minds of multitudes of TAFIC fans across the country as the team enters the lion’s den in Serowe to play in the Debswana First Division North Playoffs this weekend.The former Premier League giants will get a...

  • Social soccer clubs raise money for students

    Many football stars, such as Sadio Mane, Marcus Rashford of Senegal and England respectively and others, have used their fame and fortune to change the lives of communities in their respective countries and beyond.While there is no breakout soccer...

  • When children terrorise villagers

    FRANCISTOWN: Minors aged 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared in court Tuesday on a certificate of urgency asking to be granted bail following a spate of shop breaking, theft and armed robbery cases that rocked Kasane and Kazungula...

  • Can UDC coalition be resuscitated?

    FRANCISTOWN: Recent events happening in the controversy-plagued UDC have dampened the trust that the people had in the tripartite coalition. The suspension of Dumelang Saleshando and Goretetse Kekgonegile, the president and the secretary-general of...

  • Land fraudster bags three-year jail term

    Francistown Magistrate Thapelo Buang noted the public outcry on Friday when sentencing Gift Maposa, who also goes by the alias Buzwani Poloko, to five years in prison for two counts of obtaining by false pretences.Maposa landed in hot soup after he...

  • Police lift serial Honda Fit 'armed robbers’

    The duo, Kabelo Modise, 19, of Boseja in Mochudi and Tefo Buka, 25, of Mabunda ward in Marapong, is alleged to have violently robbed Laone Nthobatsang of a Samsung cellphone worth P1,500 and P2,580 cash on July 13 at Mathangwane.On the second count,...

  • AP wary of joining UDC

    This came to the fore when the president of the Alliance for Progressives (AP), Ndaba Gaolathe, officially opened the party’s elective congress on Saturday at Adansonia Hotel.It is in the public domain that two protagonists, the Botswana Congress...

  • Gaolathe rallies behind Makgophe, Katlholo

    As such, a prosecutor is required to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the person committed the crime if that person is to be convicted. To do so, proof must be shown for every single element of a crime.However, president of the Alliance for...

  • AP bans lobbylists

    The AP will hold its congress under the theme, “To move Botswana into a paragon of nation building and prosperity”, stated the party’s spokesperson, Dr Phenyo Butale.However, Butale said AP does not allow lobbylists. “Our members compete for...

  • Man rapes septuagenarian

    The state alleges that Diketso Dipelaelo raped the septuagenarian during a date unknown to the prosecution in 2019 in Tonota.When Dipelaelo’s trial commenced, the complainant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the court that she was...

  • Cooperatives unlock opportunities

    FRANCISTOWN: Botswana’s cooperative movement comprises consumer cooperatives, agricultural marketing and supplies cooperatives, savings and credit cooperatives, producer cooperatives and thrift and loan cooperatives.Cooperatives had and continue to...

  • Democracy is ingrained in our blood – BTU

    The congress will be held at Majestic Hotel in Palapye from July 11-15 and it will be held under the theme, “Empowering educators; building globally competitive human capital for the nation”.The objective of the theme, Tupane explained, is to...

  • Man murders girlfriend

    Moses Lesaro was convicted on his own plea of guilt for murdering the mother of his four children, Diane Jeremea, on August 16, 2017 at Manowe ward in Tonota.When pleading for his client to not receive the ultimate sentence of death, Lesaro’s...

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