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Illmer said this recently during the handover of a child friendly police centre in Letlhakane village.According to llmer, as in many countries, the COVID-19 pandemic in Botswana exposed and exacerbated several pre-existing vulnerabilities and has...

The incident took place on Friday just a day after the ‘E Seng Mo Ngwaneng’ campaign came to an end in Letlhakane and surrounding areas.The campaign is geared towards putting an end to sexual exploitation, violence and abuse, especially against...

He was giving a keynote address at the Mmei Junior Secondary School (JSS) prize-giving ceremony held under the theme ‘ICT Integration: A prerequisite for child-friendly and safe school post-COVID-19.’ Lekula, who is one of Mmei JSS' alumni,...

One of the affected farmers, the owner of Dzapela 2 Farm in Tshesebe village, Aggrey Makhila, has shared with Mmegi the pain of restocking time and again due to the recurrence of FMD in the region. Makhila was one of the farmers who lost 30 cattle...

The five-day training, which ended last weekend, was held under the topic, 'Crafting our heritage: Enhancing product creativity through story telling'. It was moderated by Theatre for Development Botswana. The moderator from Theatre for...

According to the charge sheet, on September 18, the accused person allegedly murdered Kennedy Moruti at Coloured location here. Unconfirmed reports say the siblings had a dispute over a stolen phone and an altercation reportedly escalated into a...

Mohwasa told Mmegi that the coalition was reconfigured following the conclusion of talks that took place under the transition clause and paved the way for the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) to be welcomed into the coalition.He said the National...

The artist told Arts and Culture that she lost herself due to drug addiction eight years back but she has been sober for over a year now after tapping into art for therapy.She said art has played a big role in her drug addiction healing process. She...

The accident took place on Saturday morning at Shashe Bridge along A1 road. Tonota Station Commander Superintendent Oteng Ngada confirmed the incident.He said the fatal accident involving a BMV carrying six people heading towards the south hit...

The region has over the last two decades been experiencing the recurrence problem of FMD due to a number of reasons amongst them elephants destroying the border fence paving way for cattle to move freely between Botswana and Zimbabwe, thus spreading...

The FMD has been confirmed in 6b zone which is in the North East District from five clinical findings in Butale crush, says the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA). Following that, the veterinary department has since sealed off the veterinary gates both in...

According to Letlhakane Police Station commander, Superintendent Michael Maphephu said the young man was arrested on Friday after being found in possession of 12 sachets of a green substance suspected to be dagga.He said that the suspect was wanted...

On the case, Sehithwa Police Station commander, Superintendent Nshaki Mabophiwa said they are investigating a rape incident that took place on Friday. The incident happened at night near bushes behind the bar.According to Mabophiwa, the 27-year-old...

Letlhakane Station Commander, Superintendent Michael Maphephu told this publication that they arrested a teenage boy in connection with robbing a cyclist just a few hours of bail.He said that the 17-year-old suspect had just been released from prison...

She said hard work and perseverance pay therefore urged unemployed graduates to stop whining about the unemployment crisis but rather use their God-given talents to make money.Furthermore, she said: "Nowadays education is free on the internet,...