Lands Minister misled Parliament
THE Lesetedi Commission established yesterday that the Minister responsible for land misled Parliament in 1998 after getting wrong information from a senior official to allocate plots to companies that never tendered for land.

Mpofu clarifies student’s sponsorship
PERMANENT secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ernest Mpofu has clarified why the government has been sponsoring one student who is pursuing a degree in the United States for nine years.

Judge postpones case over missing records
FRANCISTOWN: A case in which two men are appealing against their convictions and sentences for assault and escaping from lawful custody has been postponed indefinitely.

Serowe family agonises over missing member
SILENCE, grief, fear and diminishing hope have now become a part of the Bolaane household after a family member went missing on her way from a party, one house away from her home.

Murder suspect granted bail
FRANCISTOWN: A murder suspect was yesterday granted bail after the state had declared that it was not opposing his bail application. Bonnie Ramatebele of Mahalapye was granted bail on condition that he fulfilled all the conditions of the bail.

Suspect declines mitigation in rape case
FRANCISTOWN: The Francistown High Court has reserved sentence in a case in which a Mahalapye man, Lekgetho Kedijele is accused of rape. The case was previously heard by a Francistown magistrate before it was referred to the High Court after it was established that violence was used to obtain consent.

Diploma teachers threaten to take MoE to court
FORTY teachers who graduated from the Molepolole and Tonota Colleges of Education but have not been employed by the Department of Teaching service Management (TSM), have taken up the matter with their lawyers.