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When we were at secondary school, we would religiously listen to the match commentaries from the small portable radios. These were a treasure not everybody owned. Those that had the means e ne le barena. We would grovel after them as they had what we...

Kowa was a footballer through and through and loved the pig’s skin with all his heart. ‘Bra Tshidi’ was among the founding members of Mochudi Centre Chiefs. He was a player and coach at one point. In an interview with one of the local media,...

This was explicitly ventilated by his friends, family members and his colleagues at work. The late judge was laid to rest in his home village, Machaneng last Saturday. Multitudes thronged Machaneng to bid their last farewell to Makgato. The mood...

He breathed his last on Monday morning at the Princess Marina Hospital. According to those in the know, the old man had been selling his wares in the Main Mall from as far back as the ‘60s. A lot of people will no doubt remember the short grey...

Upon completion of my BA (Humanities) degree at the University of Botswana (UB) in June 1993, I had to look for employment straight away.I tried my luck in a few government departments to no avail. At the time, government was the main employer of...

Mike had come in earlier in February and I came in seven months later. I later learnt he had joined the newspaper from Maun where he had been teaching at Maun Secondary School.The other veterans were Pamela Dube, Mesh Moeti and Keto Segwai. Sechele...

Sekgoma was the second born in a family of five. Other siblings were Leapetswe, Semane (who was married into the Molotlegi family in Phokeng, SA), Modiri and Mphoeng. They were born of the late Tshekedi Khama and Ella Khama.Multitudes of people...

The accused, Sam Sethume, a BCL employee, is facing one count of murder. The indictment alleges that on 31 January 2006 at Tlhabololo Primary School (TPS) in Selebi Phikwe he murdered Dineo Nare. It is the prosecutions case that Sethumo had an...