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Nowhere in recent memory has an educated, mid-life preacher boldly poked anti-polygamy proponents in the manner he has done, in the process sparking a raging debate that does not promise to die soon. For the debate on polygamy is not an easy one....

Now, why one earth would anybody want you to scream when you are thoroughly enjoying that last rendition of your favourite musical piece? I first heard the exhortation to ‘Screeeaamm!’ While watching a beautiful gospel programme – a...

The young man sat across the table as tears ran down his face. Throughout the interview he had clasped his hands, and bitten his lip, trying to keep a strong face. But suddenly, as his eyes assumed that distant look, the doors to his tortured soul...

Last week tens of thousands of people besieged Oodi Land board premises, each one of them hoping to get one of about 400 available plots in the areas of Dikwididi, Oodi and Modipane. It is easy to understand why so many people would stampede as they...

A casual look suggested up to 50,000 people came to submit their application forms for the only  400 available plots in the villages of Oodi, Modipane, Dikwididi, Mokatse, Bokaa and Morwa. So desperate to make it among the first were many of the...

“It is tough witnessing a murder and having the police treat your report like you are either insane or must have seen it in a dream,” says Masego Keolopile, a Kotolaname resident who now lives in fear after witnessing a grizzly ritual murder. She...

However, thanks to Botswana’s first-past-the-pole electoral system, Domi is back in power, having captured 37 of the 57 constituencies. “This is a clear indication the BDP is on the verge of losing power. Batswana are shifting their allegiance,...

He will be acutely aware that the most testing time for his government lies ahead: keeping the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) glued together until the next election. His advisers would also have told him to tread carefully, for it is how he...