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Pini Bothoko
  • South African man arrested for dagga possession

    The incident occurred at the Dibete Barrier gate on Wednesday morning. The South African national was a passenger in a Toyota Hilux enroute to Zimbabwe from South Africa. The Dibete Police Station Commander, Superintendent Meshack Ranku, said the...

  • Baby daddy wanted for baby mama's rape

    It is alleged the mother, who claims to no longer be in a relationship with the father of her two children, had visited him at Palla Road to collect money for the children on Thursday but upon arrival, he raped her. Narrating the baby mama’s story,...

  • Two suspected drug peddlers fatally shot

    Botswana Police Service (BPS) spokesperson, Dipheko Motube, said the incident occurred when the police intercepted the suspects who were believed to be in possession of illicit drugs.Motube stated that upon confrontation, one of the suspects...

  • Two die in road mishap along Modipane road

    No.3 District Officer Commanding, Assistant Commissioner Theriso Thatayotlhe said the accident involved two VW golf vehicles. He added the matter was reported at around 11:20pm by another motorist who found the two cars engulfed by fire following the...

  • Two arrested with copper cables worth over P1m

    Mogoditshane Police Station’s assistant commander, Assistant Superintendent Mompoloki Ramaphoi said the duo and the other at large, also a Zimbabwean, are operating an unlicensed scrap yard in Mogoditshane Block 9 and Ledumadumane, Mogoditshane....

  • Two die in road mishap along Modipane road

    No.3 District Officer Commanding, Assistant Commissioner Theriso Thatayotlhe said the accident involved two VW golf vehicles. He added the matter was reported at around 11:20pm by another motorist who found the two cars engulfed by fire following the...

  • Two suspected drug peddlers fatally shot

    Motube stated that upon confrontation, one of the suspects disembarked from the vehicle they were travelling in and an exchange of fire ensued resulting in the fatal shooting of two suspects whilst the other two fled. “Two pistols, two knives, and...

  • Reformed July to address students indiscipline

    However, schools through Guidance and Counselling are currently doing everything they can to curb this. Mabogo Junior Secondary School in Palapye is one such institution.In a letter passed on to Mmegi, learnt that the school has invited rehabilitated...

  • Kgomo-Khumo revives farmers’ confidence in farming

    The police have over the years been adamant that most areas in Botswana were targeted mostly by organised criminal syndicates, something that forced them to come up with campaigns focusing on identifying and cracking the groups.Moreover, the police...

  • Passenger, 21, succumbs to head-on collision injuries

    The deceased passed away on Saturday morning while hospitalised at Bamalete Lutheran Hospital. Deputy Divisional Traffic Officer for South Central, Senior Superintendent Boiki Mojalemotho explained that the accident occurred at around 7:20pm after a...

  • Man nabbed for failure to declare goods

    The suspect was found in possession of 1.98 cartons of Chelsea cigarettes, 2.28 bottles of 8PM whisky, and boxes containing 12 bottles of peanut butter that he failed to account for when interrogated by the police. Dibete Police Station commander,...

  • Woman attacked, raped at Mmamabula cattle post

    The victim had visited her relatives at Mmamabula cattle post, located between Dibete and the Tropic of Capricorn, when she was attacked and raped by a 21-year-old man. The culprit has been identified an individual who comes from Maemela ward, Dibete...

  • Public asked to come view 71 suspected stolen cattle

    BPS' public relations officer, Assistant Superintendent Selebatso Mooketsi said the 71 cattle, mostly heifers are currently held in a kraal at Sesung village kgotla and they are pleading with farmers to come to view them. She stated that the...

  • ‘GBV, health, budget effects linked’

    The remarks were made by Minister of Defence and Security, Kagiso Mmusi, when officiating at the second edition of the Run Gabz Ny Night launch and GBV workshop that was held at Masa New Capital Cinemas on Friday. He stated that GBV has detrimental...

  • Serowe police investigate shebeen murder

    No 2 District officer commanding, Senior Superintendent Paul Oketsang said the deceased who had stepped out to smoke at the back of the shebeen was stabbed with a sharp object from the back by a 35-year-old man who he had initially had a tussle with...

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