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Innocent Selatlhwa
  • Man found guilty for killing friend over cigarette

    The judgment was delivered recently by Justice Michael Motlhabi of the Lobatse High Court. According to the charge sheet, the incident occurred on April 1, 2018, at Ngologa Ward in Lehututu, part of the Kgalagadi Administrative District. The first...

  • BDP fancies reclaiming Mahalapye East

    Masisi, who is also the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) president, arrived in Mookane, which falls under the 'destitute' Mahalapye East, just before 10am to the packed village football grounds. Multitudes who had arrived by bus and combi had...

  • Insurance killer condemned to death

    Lobatse High Court's Justice Modiri Letsididi sentenced Thato Tsametse, who was at the committal of the offence 29 years old, to death last Thursday. According to Letsididi, Tsametse mercilessly murdered his helpless little cousin and deserves no...

  • EFB petitions Parley over Constitution amendment

    However, some religious groupings have not given up on the fight to have the Bill relooked into.The Evangelism Fellowship of Botswana (EFB) who have been very vocal about the objection to the Bill, especially with regards to permitting same-sex...

  • Khama asserts life in peril

    In refuting that he is a fugitive from justice, the former president argues in a lengthy write-up based on SIGINT reports by foreign state agencies revealing at least three attempts on his life at the hands of the Government of Botswana.Khama...

  • I'm not a fugitive – Khama

    This comes after Ian Khama was declared a fugitive from justice by Justice Barnabas Nyamadzabo in Seretse Khama Ian Khama and Another v Director of Public Prosecutions and Another – Case No. MAHGB-OOO673-22.Ian Khama has dragged Autlwetse before...

  • Khama fingers fallout with Masisi behind 'derecognition'

    Through his court paper reply, Khama has refuted claims by Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kgotla Autlwetse that his appointment as Kgosi in 1979 was not gazetted.Khama submits that former subsequent administrations of the Botswana...

  • 'BCP only party ready to lead'

    Despite having only competed once at the constituency polls in 2014 where it performed poorly, the BCP is confident it can bag the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) strongholds as part of its target of 31 constituencies amongst them Letlhakeng...

  • Rasesa crash victims laid to rest

    The two, who were described as national assets, met their demise last Monday when their Mercedes Benz sedan collided with a truck by Rasesa. Thandiwe’s little sister, Bongi Kegapilwe, is currently hospitalised following the accident. The bodies of...

  • Ntlo Ya Dikgosi oozes wisdom – Gaborone

    Speaking after the Ntlo ya Dikgosi debate of the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill No4 of 2024, Gaborone said Bogosi is important and full of wisdom and should not be looked down upon. He commended Ntlo ya Dikgosi for the debate on the constitution...

  • Inside Autlwetse’s Khama ‘derecognising’ affidavit

    While Autlwetse had always maintained that Khama could not get his preferred regent Seretse Peter Khama because he was not following procedures, the Minister is now saying something else in his court documents. This is contained in a case in which...

  • UDC rejects voters' roll

    The party isn't amused with the recently released voters' roll and is even considering court action.Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Dithapelo Keorapetse, said the IEC isn't ready to run elections that meet international standards and...

  • Insurance killer gets sentence date

    He appeared before the court for extenuation and mitigation following his guilty conviction in March, exactly six years after the murder.However, Tsametse would go through his attorney Winnie Masitha and state there were no extenuating circumstances...

  • Prosecutors lament poor work conditions

    The prosecutors lament unfair treatment and unsafe working conditions. “In the past year, we have brought several of our grievances to our management right up to ministerial level.It is, however, disappointing your Excellency that our grievances...

  • Civil Society fights 'flawed' constitutional amendment

    The Bill was read for the first time last week and was referred to Ntlo ya Dikgosi before it returns for a second reading.They are led by the Constitutional Review Task Team, which is a group of CSOs and other stakeholders working in solidarity under...

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