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Lebogang Mosikare
  • Palapye drinking buddies guilty of murder

    The accused murdered Bafitlhile following a misunderstanding in a cab after a night out drinking at Oxygen Night Club in Palapye.Ithuteng has several previous convictions ranging from murder, motor vehicle theft, and breaking and stealing from a...

  • FMD cattle for Maun BMC slaughter

    The Ministry took the decision to move the cattle to Maun in the wake of the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Zone 6(b) in August last year. The cattle are taken to Maun for slaughter as the Francistown BMC abattoir is currently not in...

  • Sexual 'predator' rapes two women, minor

    According to the charge sheet, Mandela Mbisana allegedly raped a woman on January 1 in Phase 6. In the second count, the state alleges that Mbisana rape another woman on January 7 in Phase 6.Lastly, the state alleges that Mbisana raped a 16-year-old...

  • Khoto sentenced to death

    Khoto murdered Metlha in Marobela in 2018. During trial, Khoto’s attorney Kgosietsile Ngakaagae had submitted that his client involuntarily murdered Metlha in the middle of a nightmare.In the nightmare, Khoto had relayed that he was in a fight with...

  • Delimitation Commission report: More headache for Tshabang

    While some political activists in the country may be happy about the report, this may not be so with the current Member of Parliament (MP) for Nkange constituency, Dr Never Tshabang.In the 2019 General Election, Tshabang, then a Botswana Congress...

  • Zim ‘sex pest’ accuses IO of xenophobia

    Edward Dube, from Gokwe in Zimbabwe made the claim Tuesday when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Thapelo Buang for arraignment. According to the charge sheet, Dube allegedly defiled the complainant between July 2017 and September 30, 2021 at...

  • Zim ‘sex pest’ accuses IO of xenophobia

    Edward Dube, from Gokwe in Zimbabwe made the claim Tuesday when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Thapelo Buang for arraignment.According to the charge sheet, Dube allegedly defiled the complainant between July 2017 and September 30, 2021 at...

  • Residence permit accused pleads guilty

    The accused, Lindiwe Ncube, allegedly uttered the false resident permit to an official of the Department of Civil and National Registration in the Ministry of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs on January 13 at Ntshe House in...

  • Court compels Mupane to pay employees 13th cheque

    The bone of contention between the employees, who are members of BMWU, and MGM arose after the union rejected a mediator’s adverse advisory award which is an employment benefit that was extended to and enjoyed by MGM’s employees for about four...

  • TAFIC engulfed by problems

    On the other hand, it is a given that when a team is performing poorly, it is normal for all sorts of negative news to emerge from that club’s camp. It is therefore baffling that, despite TAFIC's good run in the Debswana First Division North...

  • Triple murder Zim suspect's extradition begins

    According to a press release from Botswana Police Service (BPS), the 32-year-old suspect was arrested in Plumtree, Zimbabwe on Monday with the help of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP). He is wanted in Botswana for the alleged murder of a...

  • ‘BDP courts prominent attorney’

    According to reliable BDP sources, the party is eyeing attorney Kagiso Jani, a managing partner at Tshekiso, Ditiro and Jani Legal Practice.The constituency is currently in the hands of opposition legislator, Ignatius Moswaane, following his...

  • BMWU expresses concern over HLCC exclusion

    Chaired by President Mokgweetsi Masisi, the HLCC is a national-level forum that meets twice a year for dialogue between the highest levels of government and private sector leadership. Ministers report on current issues affecting the private sector in...

  • Ploughing season extended amid FMD outbreak

    In Botswana like in most parts of Africa, most small-scale farmers practise arable and pastoral farming and they depend on rainfall to water their crops.Arable farmers in NED have taken advantage of the government's extension of the ploughing...

  • Rape case for undocumented P100 John

    Dube, an undocumented, is accused of raping a woman on February 4 in Dibongwane Lands near Tonota.He also has a case to answer for entering Botswana illegally. In both matters, he has reserved his plea.Inspector Fanilo Manyapedza applied for Dube to...

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