Top 8 most popular stories in MmegiOnline
Staff Writer | Friday December 18, 2015 15:25
May 18. First published in The Monitor, this was a sad story of a break-up of Botswana’s popular traditional music group Culture Spears. The lead singers who were also a husband and wife broke up in a bitter divorce that unfolded in public.
2. Matsha Students Accident – What we know
November 14. This was a developing story of a tragic accident that killed eight Matsha College students travelling in a truck that overturned along the Letlhakeng-Motokwe road near the village of Dutlwe west of Takatokwane in the Kweneng District. It first appeared in the MmegiOnline.
3. 10 hilarious Facebook comments for Khama
May 27. On Africa Day, President Ian Khama was in London and posted his, ‘London vibes’ and ‘hashtags thingys’, on his page. Facebook responded with some hilarious comments. We picked 10 of them and published on MmegiOnline.
4. Gaona opens up about her life experiences
November 22. MmegiOnline shared local radio personality Gaona Tlhasana’s debut Video Blog where she opened up and talked about her divorce, not being able to conceive and her other life experiences.
5. Facebook ‘celebrates’ Kokorwe’s death
July 15. In an unprecedented occurrence in the culture of Batswana towards the dead, the Facebook fans of the youthful local radio station were celebrating the death of local filmmaker Billy Kokorwe. MmegiOnline shared some of the comments and the story led to many opening up their closets with skeletons about the deceased.
6. Suspect in CEO murder nabbed
October 23. After a tragic shooting of Fairground Holdings Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Michael Montshiwa the police arrested a suspect in dramatic scene, just like in the movies, at a shopping mall in Gaborone. The story appeared in the Mmegi.
7. Students mark five teachers for death
May 25. The story came from the boys’ toilets at Bokamoso Secondary School in Gaborone and was first reported by The Monitor. A hit list of teachers was discovered at the boys’ toilets and before long, one of the teachers was crossed out on the list after she died in a freak accident.
November 18. One afternoon at Old Naledi in Gaborone, a little girl saw an imaginary giant snake snatching her imaginary friend, few hours later hundreds of people and emergency services descended to Zola to witness the imaginary creature that was later dubbed ‘Zolaconda’. This was a pictorial from the incident.