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In his address, he revealed that in the period from 2021 to the present, a total of 595 GBV cases have been brought before these courts. There are three Magistrate’s Courts in the district, located in Maun, Gumare and Shakawe.Shamukuni stated that...

He assures that he is back to active politics and states that he was forced by circumstances to quit his hard earned post.How Mathokgwane displaced BDPNarrating the events towards the 2014 General Election, Mathokgwane said he started off reluctant...

In what they term an effort to protect Botswana's political stability and economic interests, the Office of the President (OP) this week hosted international journalists at Big Valley Game Lodge in Lobatse.The project included interviews with...

In addition to losing health practitioners to greener pastures especially abroad, the Botswana Nurses Union (BONU) has threatened that nurses and midwives would stop dispensing medicine as of July 1, 2023.The Minister for Health, Edwin Dikoloti...

BONU, in a formal notice addressed to the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) and he same copied to the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health, highlighted that the current practice of nurses and midwives dispensing medicines is both...

Leshiba allegedly wanted to have her husband, a top Eskom executive, Leshiba Oscar Tau, killed. The Monitor has since established that the 41-year-old Leshiba is still in police custody facing a charge of conspiracy to commit murder. She is on trial...

He allegedly killed the teen as soon as the waiting period lapsed. To close the prosecution’s case, Investigating Officer (IO) in the matter Detective Sergeant Moses Motshegare took the stand and elucidated to the court why Tsametse had a case to...

In August 2017, he would put his plan in motion, buying two identical Mmoloki Funeral Policies at the maximum benefit of P25,000 each.He covered his two orphaned cousins, Kelebogile Ofentse and the slain Arnold Ofentse. A Botswana Life Fraud Risk...

Basupi shocked witnesses and family members who had filled the court gallery as he finally took the stand to state what happened on the night Tsogwane died. According to the investigating officer in the matter, Detective Mmaonyana Seitei, Basupi told...

Tsametse allegedly killed Ofentse in order to claim P50,000 from the Botswana Life where he had insured his little cousin. The then 16-year-old Ofentse's lifeless body was found in the vicinity of Mogoditshane Senior Secondary School in March...

First to take the witness stand was Tsogwane’s grandmother Kegomoditswe Semathane who stayed with her. Asked what he knew about the relationship between the two, the old woman said that she knew the two were lovers and that Basupi had even paid for...

The trial began before Lobatse High Court’s Justice Modiri Letsididi with at least 10 State witnesses. Amongst those who gave evidence was popular traditional healer Kamogelo Keitholetse also known as Rabeisane. He together with his nephew and...

The business of stealing and selling, especially cattle to butcheries and small-scale caterers in Gaborone, Kanye, and Lobatse amongst other areas is well organised with even intelligence units.The Botswana Police Service operation aimed at nabbing...

Tsametse allegedly slit his cousin’s throat to claim insurance money which he used to buy a car and a cellphoneOn March 5, 2018, The Monitor broke a story of a 16-year-old Ledumadumane Junior Secondary School Form 2 student who lost his life under...

Rrabeisane is one of the traditional healers who Tsametse sought protection from. He, however, would not have any of it and went on to report to the police. Rrabeisane became widely popular with his 'flying dish' last year in the search for...