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Mosala family with their lawyer Makwati..PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE
High Court orders Mosala's exhumation

High Court Judge Justice Michael Motlhabi of Lobatse High Court yesterday ruled that the Commissioner of Police shall facilitate and conduct exhumation or cause to be exhumed, the body of Pedzani Mosala at own cost within seven days from the date of the order. Moreover, according to Motlhabi's order, the Commissioner shall secure the services of a government pathologist to conduct a postmortem on the body of Mosala within a reasonable time from the date of yesterday's order.

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Steven Rahman passes on

Zoom Club owner passes on

Club tycoon, Steve Raman who owns a popular night club, Zoom situated in Maruapula, has sadly passed away.

Moeladilothoko arrested but yet to be charged

Arrested Moeladilotlhoko yet to be charged

After arresting Tshepo Sethibe popularly known as Moeladilotlhoko, the police have revealed that the man behind the endeared Moeladilotlhoko News Boiler Facebook page is yet to be charged.

Slippery ground: The South African rand has lost significant value in recent years PIC: GETTYIMAGES

What does the USD/Rand foreign exchange manipulation scandal mean for Botswana?

Last week news reports came out that Standard Chartered Bank had agreed a settlement with the Competition Commission of South Africa to pay a fine of ZAR43 million in relation to accusations of foreign exchange manipulation between the years of 2008 and 2017.

Phenyo's mother PIC: PINI BOTHOKO

Slain Phenyo's distraught mother wants answers

'Ka fa Bakang a le monnye ka teng ga ke dumele a ka dira tiro e botlhoko a sa rumiwa ke ope. O re utlwisitse botlhoko re le lelwapa. Mme fela ke batla go itse ko dirwe tsa ngwanake nne di isiwa teng' [Bakang' is too young age, it's hard to believe he acted alone in orchestrating such a painful and disturbing plot.

President Masisi's sisters Ketshedile Ntholo Hlanze and  Boitumelo Phadi Mmutle were in court as the drama heightened. PIC.SHARON MATHALA

‘Blood not thicker than water in Masisi’s family’

A year has passed since President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s immediate family members’ dirty linen was dried out in public through a legal battle for an over P550 million government tender. For the first time this week during the trial, the President’s sisters, Boitumelo Phadi Mmutle and Ketshidile Ntholo Hlanze were in court as the drama heightened. Mmegi Staffer SHARON MATHALA followed the proceedings

Car accident

Broadhurst police probe serious accident

Four people, two drivers and two passengers have been hospitalised at Gaborone Private Hospital (GPH) after sustaining serious injuries following a collision that happened opposite Glen Valley Barracks on Saturday morning.

Mochudi-Gaboorone road sign

Mochudi woman jailed for concealing birth

A 25-year-old woman of Mochudi has been arrested for concealment of birth. The woman allegedly concealed the birth on Thursday last week at Maratadiba Lands on the outskirts of Tlokweng-where she had been visiting her boyfriend.

Murder cases on the rise

Botswana records 2,088 murders in decade, 21% solved

The Minister of Justice (MoJ) Machana Shamukuni disclosed before Parliament yesterday that in a decade, the country has recorded a total number of 2,088 murder cases.

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Molepolole residents run amok amidst suspected ritual murder

MOLEPOLOLE: Life came to a standstill here on Thursday as residents ran amok burning houses, shelter at the village kgotla, and tyres to block the road following the suspected ritual murder of Phenyo Jacoba, 35, a taxi driver.

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