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76729,Selefu,php4qexft.jpg, 25 May 2021
Centenarian allegedly defiles girl, 12
Confirming the incident, Bobonong Police Station commander, superintendent Paul Seoko said that they received the report late last week about an elderly man who allegedly sexually abused his primary school-going great-granddaughter. According to the...
49080,Lesedi Mkhutshwa,, 25 May 2021
Defilement cases troubling in the Okavango
This is according to Okavango Sub District council chairperson Mpoke Karapo. Karapo was addressing council officials during an ordinary council session this week.  Defilement has proven to be a challenge to the majority of settlements in the...
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Enraged 25 year old man kills neighbor
Confirming the murder incident to MmegiOnline, Assistant Station Commander of Mogoditshane Police Station, Assistant Superintendent Zachariah Tshenyego said investigations into the matter are ongoing to establish what really lead to the lad's awful...
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Broadhurst child-friendly office probes rape-accused teen incident
"We received the report of the alleged rape incident of a four-year-old girl by a 14-year-old boy on Tuesday. The incident allegedly occurred at Tlapalanoga ward in Mogoditshane village. We have, however, referred the matter to a child-friendly...
434,Pini Bothoko,php3A86.tmp.jpg, 25 May 2021
US has no right to 'lecture' Uganda over elections
His comments came after the US said it was considering "targeted options" following elections in Uganda that were marred by "irregularities" and "abuses" by the security forces. In his response, Mr Opondo said the government would await official...
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Court drops crucial charge against Kgosi
The Court today quashed a charge in which he was accused of taking photographs of security agents. Kgosi had last year made an application for all his charges to be dropped as he argued that the State had failed to provide him with further...
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Back page this week: Chiefs reject Molome's P800,000 claim
399,Staff Writer,, 25 May 2021
Front page this week: Detractors wish Majaga ill
399,Staff Writer,, 25 May 2021
Sibanda Makes Comeback
The last time Sibanda competed was at the Gold Coast Commonwealth in 2018. Sibanda finished second in the 200m, clocking 22.10, marginally trailing Thabo Molapo of Lions Den Athletics Club, who crossed the line in 22.05. Athletics supporters were...
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Majwe Plants Chess Seeds In Mabutsane
The project, dubbed ‘Majwe Mining Inclusive Youth Development Programme through Chess’ aims to, among others, empower children through chess. Majwe has sponsored the project to the tune of P25, 000. Speaking at the launch, Limitless...
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Buffalo kills Wildlife official in Maun
Waking from the COVID-19 night curfew in the early hours of Monday, Maun residents had to run for their lives as they were terrorised by the wild animal. According to reports from Maun, which is the gateway of the Okavango Delta where wildlife roams...
399,Staff Writer,, 25 May 2021
BFA CEO Search Begins
Mfolo left the association after the Under-17 aged team cheating scandal. He was one of the mother body’s longest serving CEO in recent times as the position has remained unstable. The BFA has mandated an agency, HRMC Management Consultancy to...
407,Mqondisi Dube,php794.tmp.jpg, 25 May 2021
Bright, Sua Players On The Mend
The players were isolated in Matsiloje, while Bright was in Gaborone isolation too. Club chairperson, Tirelo Thebe said the players would resume their preseason program this week. “We encountered such, but it was only with a few players and the...
47121,Koketso Kgoboge,, 25 May 2021
Chiefs Clear Debt, Await FIFA Verdict
Magosi were last year ordered by FIFA to pay Mabhena his dues after he filed an unfair dismissal complain against the team. The club was given until December 10 to settle the debt, which they failed to do. On the deadline, Magosi had managed to...
49272,Kabelo Boranabi,, 25 May 2021
Chiefs Reject Molome's P800,000 Claim
Molome, responding to chairperson, Thapelo Tsheole’s report during Saturday’s Annual General Meeting indicated that the club still owes him P800,000 but this was not reflected in the list of debtors. "I listened to the chairman on the...
49272,Kabelo Boranabi,, 25 May 2021
Ramoruswa Releases New DVD
She said the DVD is already available in the market despite the torrid time they are facing as creatives. “It has six songs and the title track Morena thusa is specifically about COVID-19. We want God to help us as believers, creatives and...
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Teachere Ropes In Hitmakers
Yung Amazing and Leggacy are the hitmakers of ATI’s chart topping and award winning 2017 hit Khiring Khiring Khorong Khorong. “I featured the above artists so that most upcoming artists can be inspired to collaborate and work with big...
49270,Mompati Tlhankane,php2FDF.tmp.jpg, 25 May 2021
BDC Evaluates 246 Proposals For Business Den Competition
BDC’s Head of Corporate Affairs and Strategy, Boitshwarelo Lebang explained they were currently on the last phase in preparation for the final pitch. “The pitch is scheduled for end of March this year and the date will be communicated...
33193,Pauline Dikuelo,phpD7C.tmp.jpg, 25 May 2021
Dry Port Container Volumes On Decline
BusinessMonitor has learnt that the dry port, the country’s much lauded seaport, has seen container volumes drop drastically while vehicle volumes gained momentum. From April to December last year, on average container volumes amounted to nine...
33193,Pauline Dikuelo,phpD7C.tmp.jpg, 25 May 2021
Adverts Masters Capitalises On Digital Media Revolution
This is epitomised by Terrence Ditau. Although Terrence Ditau did not know how 2019 would turn out when he started his company, Adverts Masters, this Setswana expression resonates well with his company’s activities and COVID-19. The...
76058,Cavin Kanoko,, 25 May 2021
Purpose Is The Gateway To New Dimensions, We Breathe It Daily
There is nothing that is created without purpose. Purpose is a commission that a person or item is mandated to pursue. Purpose impact life either negatively or positively and ultimately yields results. Every action is purpose and a platform to drive...
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The Destructive Culture Of Silence
It is the silence that we have somehow glorified and normalized. It is the secrets we are made to carry…sometimes to our graves. This past week I heard of two disturbing examples of this cultural norm which is destroying us. A good friend was...
78990,Ashley Thaba,phpNBMUDQ.jpg, 25 May 2021
A Guide to Buying Valentine Gifts
Admittedly procure is too formal a word to use in a column that pretends to be funny and hilarious though so let us say to buy. Obviously this applies to hopeless romantics like me. Please do not question the ‘hopeless romantic’ tag...
83116,Thulaganyo Jankie,phpeXoOl9.jpg, 25 May 2021
The Revelation Of The Internal Conflict Of The Legal Fraternity And Violence Against Women
It is a pandemic we are often silent about, despite how rampant it is and despite how close to home it has been for many of us in our country, whether as a form of violence itself, or in the context of other related violences. We know, or at least we...
74047,Lesego Nswahu Nchunga,phpgwjNJg.jpg, 25 May 2021
The Bakgatla Baga Mmanaana (Part 2)
The Kgosi had supported the mission, most notably by ordering both boys and girls to attend its school lessons. The presence of the missionaries also undoubtedly encouraged European traders to the village. But, by the end of the decade, there was...
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Of Femicide Suicide & Men 2
According to the theory of attachment/frustration – aggression, men in intimate relationships commit femicide suicide when or after their partners separate from them volitionally. They kill their lovers and themselves due to ‘positive...
87971,Gaone Monau,phpS78iFE.jpg, 25 May 2021
Wooh Kha neu!
76729,Selefu,php4qexft.jpg, 25 May 2021
Let's Intensify Fight Against COVID-19
Stay home, do not make any unnecessary movement, wash your hands with soap, use sanitiser and wear a mask. The message is everywhere, some are even complaining that mobile operators send annoyingly many messages on fighting the pandemic. But somehow...
540,Monitor Editor,, 25 May 2021
Law Of Death Denies Heirs Fortune
Not only are they barred by law from selling the land, but they also cannot inherit it. For the Ramakgathi siblings, Boiki, Thapelo, Khumanego, and Tumelo, they know the land as belonging to them; they grew up farming and harvesting such traditional...
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Man Sets Up Estate On Disputed Land
The land has already been subdivided into a total of 114 plots feared to have been sold to various plot owners where the developer was setting up his own version of Phakalane after buying the ploughing field belonging to a deceased person. A year...
410,Monkagedi Gaothobogwe,phpAA57.tmp.jpg, 25 May 2021
BOSETU To Make Recommendations To Education Ministry
Since schools opened, some have been registering cases of the deadly virus with both teachers and students testing positive. In some instances, the teachers who had tested positive had mingled with other teachers but contact-tracing was not done,...
3476,Tsaone Basimanebotlhe,php5334.tmp.jpg, 25 May 2021
Subsidised Loans, P4M Dividends Mark Radikolos Legacy
The BOSETU community held the then newly elected president in high regard as a serious-minded, no-nonsense revolutionist, who would not tolerate mediocrity. Before long BOSETU parted ways with its executive secretary, amidst accusations of...
410,Monkagedi Gaothobogwe,phpAA57.tmp.jpg, 25 May 2021
Doctors Blast Health Ministry
Government recently ran an advert in which the Presidential COVID-19 Task Force in collaboration with De Beers Group will be awarding six frontline workers with the Forevermark branded jewellery of a total value of one carat. Mascom has also vowed to...
3476,Tsaone Basimanebotlhe,php5334.tmp.jpg, 25 May 2021
Gospel Queen Tebby Succumbs To COVID
Tebby as she was popularly known died of complications from the coronavirus (COVID-19), her family told The Monitor on Friday. She was 42. Tebby is the first local musician to succumb to COVID-19 after she tested positive. Tebby’s sister...
49270,Mompati Tlhankane,php2FDF.tmp.jpg, 25 May 2021
Alcohol Industry Proposes 'Takeaway'
Liquor traders are pleading with the government to allow for the sale of alcohol for home consumption and want strict action taken against those who do not play by the book. Though quick to admit that some liquor traders and imbibers have failed to...
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Detractors Wish Majaga ill
The state alleges that Majaga defiled an underage girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, between September 2019 and May 2020, at Malelejwe cattle post, a settlement on the outskirts of Nata village in the Central District of...
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This is my land
76729,Selefu,php4qexft.jpg, 25 May 2021
Rakgare promises Zebras P650,000
The Zebras play Zimbabwe this evening at the Obed Itani Chilume Stadium. Rakgare, addressing the Zebras at Marang Gardens today, said the ministry will offer the team P650,000 to be shared among the players and the technical team. He said this means...
49080,Lesedi Mkhutshwa,, 25 May 2021
Canadian firm signs BCL MoU
In a statement to investors on Wednesday, PNR CEO, Keith Morrison said besides various studies to be conducted as part of the due diligence, the firm would also negotiate definitive agreements to finalise terms on the prioritised assets to be...
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Ke mogoloo! Ke mogoloo!
Selefu 25 May 2021
Nsunge
A requiem for the founder of Botsalo Hotel
Botsalo Nsunge, whose story is one of rags to riches was also the Botswana Democratic Party’s (BDP) former councillor for Lotsane Ward in Palapye. He was a man of humble origins, who achieved greatness but never wanted to be associated with...
Correspondent 25 May 2021
Rape accused Emmanuel Malomo
Rape accused HIV/AIDS counsellor case set for CMC
The state alleges that Emmanuel Malomo, 26, raped the complainant last year on May 14. Malomo has since engaged attorney Mishingo Jeremia, who was not present in court due to other legal engagements elsewhere to represent him. During the accused's...
Lebogang Mosikare | 25 May 2021
Back page this week: BFA loses out on P120m academy
399,Staff Writer,, 26 May 2021
Inside page this week: Pushing the boundaries of Portraiture
399,Staff Writer,, 26 May 2021
Inside page this week: Lucara's goose to lay more golden eggs
33193,Pauline Dikuelo,phpD7C.tmp.jpg, 26 May 2021
Front page this week: Magosi cancels P1.2bn SPEDU project
399,Staff Writer,, 26 May 2021
Matlhaku credits coach after record-breaking feat
Matlhaku broke the national record in the 100 metres race last weekend after clocking 11.24 seconds during the Sports View meet. Interestingly, the previous record-holder was Lydia Jele who is Ofentse’s wife. Lydia’s national record of...
409,Chakalisa Dube,php6867.tmp.jpg, 26 May 2021
Motorsport postpones season opener
Gaborone Motor Club (GMC), organisers of BMS National Championship Round 1, has postponed the event due to a low turnout of competitors. The event dubbed Kopong 200 was scheduled for tomorrow (Saturday). This was to be the first of the eight-round...
49272,Kabelo Boranabi,, 26 May 2021
Karate hosting prospects look gloom
BOKA has been awarded the rights to host the tournament, but the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) has asked the karate body to put its preparations on hold. This follows amid reports the government was broke to finance the project as the...
407,Mqondisi Dube,php794.tmp.jpg, 26 May 2021
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