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One of the first things to be identified, according to insiders at Morupule B, was that wrong labelling caused the outage. “The Chinese had labelled two different valves with the same name, Jacking Oil, instead of one being labelled Lubrication...

Mmegi arrived at the scene while Kagiso Kgalemang, one of the managers of Mabaleng Coach Tours, which plies the Gaborone-Molepolole route, was narrating his driver’s shocking discovery to curious residents. “We are very fortunate that this bus...

 The web welds family and friends together in one impenetrable group. Mmegi's investigations tracing the business interests of Directorate of Intelligence and Security boss, Isaac Kgosi have inadvertently led to Wilderness Safaris, a company with...

Broncleer is a common cough syrup that contains codeine, alcohol content, and is known as "Bronco"on the street. The container clearly states that overdose can cause hypotension, cardiac arrest, respiratory failure and a coma among others. Reports...

He said that on December 21 an accident occurred inside the ash blending machines where two employees of China National Electric Equipment Corporation (CNEEC) were stationed. One died, while the other had his leg amputated. CNEEC officials confirmed...

Mmegi reported earlier this month that as the Managing Director of Debswana in 2010, Marole offered the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) boss Isaac Kgosi’s private security company Silvershadows Pty (Ltd) a ‘Security Risk...

Khama informed Mmegi that when the Minister of Agriculture, Christiaan de Graaff, made the financial decision to sell what were now his lions, the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) assisted by issuing the export permit and finding a...

One day a few years ago, Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) Director General Isaac Kgosi walked into a bank with a briefcase holding P110 000 and deposited the whole amount into his account. The spy agency handles large amounts of cash,...

The lions that were given to Minister of Agriculture Christiaan De Graaff under dubious circumstances have been exported to South Africa at a game farm that specializes in canned hunting. De Graaf sold a pride of 22, among them the offspring of the...

There is always something fascinating about this Hollywood impressionism of a preacher named Bishop Magic Don Juan playing a cleric role where he is as controversial as he is entrepreneurial. Bishop Don is excessively flamboyant,...

President Ian Khama will open the summit, which will be attended by some Heads of State, representatives of African elephant range countries and high-level representatives from transit and destination countries. The summit aims to address the...

Maphanyane pointed out that many government employees have been tempted to steal public funds. She said a number of them were arrested and some dismissed from work. “We were fortunate enough to get hold of some whom we subjected to our internal...

In his speech, Khama said that new security bodies are still gearing towards meeting these growing challenges and the sophistication of violent, trans-national organised and cyber-crimes. Similarly, global statistics have also shown...

This exportation comes while the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) and De Graaff are disagreeing over the ownership of the lions. De Graaff declared to Mmegi that all the lions belonged to him while the Minister of Wildlife and...

A sweep through Chinese stores around Gaborone has shown that these so called “fong kong” or fake cell phones still remain on the shelves despite the August 31 deadline set by BOCRA.  Efforts to communicate with a number of these retailers...