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Lebogang Mosikare
  • Sowa Town Council beset by challenges

    Moiteela spoke recently when addressing a full council session in Sowa Town. Moiteela said: "Sowa Clinic serves the town and surrounding cattle posts, while mobile stops are done at Malelejwe and Tshwaane. The clinic has been operating with a single...

  • Extenuating circumstances save man from the gallows

    Buzo Chimota was found guilty of murdering Neo Taboka at or near Senete village between April 21 and 22 in 2019. However, Chimota breathed a sigh of relief after Justice Bengbame Sechele found that there were extenuating circumstances that reduced...

  • WAR on warpath against GBV

    However, the battle hasn’t borne the intended fruits as GBV cases keep on increasing, prompting the government and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to tweak their programmes to effectively fight the scourge. Last year, the then Minister of...

  • Orange FA Cup: Game changer for lower teams

    It is a well known fact that in Botswana most football teams, especially those in lower leagues, do not have sponsors. The money that lower league teams get from cup competitions such as the Orange FA Cup can be the difference between financial...

  • UDC sweeps all stakes at BALA elections

    The UDC continued to stamp its political authority after its historic victory during the 2024 General Election when it dislodged the BDP, which has been in power for the past 58 years.The newly elected BALA national elected committee members are...

  • Who will reach the 40 point mark first?

    Log leaders Rollers won 2-1 to move within one point off the 40 point mark while second placed TAFIC also defeated VTM FC through a Martin Daka goal to move within three points of the 40 point mark. Third placed Jwaneng Galaxy also has 37 points like...

  • “Mineral beneficiation policies only visible at national level”

    He was deliberating at last week’s Mining Indaba in South Africa, under the topic, “For the people and prosperity-making beneficiation work for all”. “Mineral beneficiation policies are visible at the national level and not at the grass roots...

  • Chadibe break winless streak

    The win was Chadibe’s first in the league after 18 games, which left them languishing in the relegation zone. Before the match, some opposition fans had dubbed Chadibe, Union Flamengo Santos and Extension Gunners as ‘relegation candidates’....

  • Holland prosecution: Trial dates, bail bid set

    Holland, 36, is now charged with four offences after two of them were withdrawn. The Brit is now charged with common assault wherein it is alleged that he slapped his wife (Althea) on her face on April 20, 2023 and threat to kill wherein it is...

  • Anything can happen-Chinyemba

    When asked if TAFIC still has realistic chances of winning the league following the draw against Galaxy, which blew the league wide open with all top six clubs having chances of clinching it at the end of the season, Chinyemba, who usually prefers to...

  • BPP suspends another prominent figure

    This week, the president of the BPP, Motlatsi Molapise, suspended Dorcus Nakedi Moemedi, councillor for Monarch Central in the Francistown West constituency. In Moemedi’s letter of suspension leaked to Mmegi entitled, “Suspension: Yourself”,...

  • Screws tighten on Holland, bail denied

    Holland, who holds both British and Zimbabwean passports, was on Thursday remanded in custody by Principal Magistrate Tshepo Magetse until the finalisation of his matters after he absconded from attending court sessions. In the process, Holland and...

  • Chadibe FC sink further into relegation

    The loss left Chadibe with seven points from 16 games, the same number of points with last placed Uniao Flamengo Santos but on a better goal difference. Chadibe will need to pull a Harry Houdini moment, a Hungarian-American illusionist and...

  • I am not eyeing BPP presidency–Balikani

    Balikani was the BPP president from 2006 to 2009 but later left the party to join the then ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in 2012. He received wide acclaim after accepting responsibility for the BPP’s heavy loss in the 2009 General Election...

  • Drama as accused bays for journalist’s blood

    Shabani, who works as a reporter for the government-owned Daily News, incurred the wrath of Holland while he was still taking his photos shortly after the latter was brought to court. According to the prosecution, Holland has not been attending court...

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