Police shoot terror suspect
Members of the Botswana Police Service yesterday morning fatally shot a 25-year-old suspect, Ditshotlo Oitshupile, otherwise known as Serious at Sexase cattle post near Letlhakane village in Boteti.

Thugs take cover in Police building
FRANCISTOWN: The old Special Support Group (SSG) building in Area L has become a haven for criminals. The dilapidated building provides good cover during the day as it is in a secluded place surrounded by bushes.

BCSA warned on challenges of unionization
FRANCISTOWN: Labour and Home Affairs Minister, Major General Moeng Pheto, has cautioned the Botswana Civil Servants Association (BCSA) to guard against the challenges of unionisation. He said at the start of the annual conference of BCSA at Mater Spei College this week that such challenges might affect the association and the country's economy.

Lesenepole/Matolwane marathon case takes new twist
SELEBI-PHIKWE: The marathon case over the naming of Matolwane/Lesenepole village, which resumes next week Wednesday at Lobatse High Court, may take another twist as Lesenepole residents last week registered their complaint over the government's decision to resume the village's kgotla operations.

Gaolathe fights for Jamataka upgrading
FRANCISTOWN: Finance Minister, Baledzi Gaolathe is pressing forward with the delayed upgrading of Jamataka settlement into a village. The minister had expected the upgrading to be done before the end of the year.

Gates Foundation commits P6m to revamp BNLS
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has committed USD $ 1.1 million (about P6 million) to the Botswana National Library Services for the planning and pilot project of increasing a no-cost computer and Internet services in public libraries and village reading rooms.

A moment with Bush thrills AIDS activist
Vuyisele Otukile could not disguise his excitement of having sat with the leader of the world's only superpower, President George W Bush of the United States of America at the White House on World AIDS Day last week.