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Lebogang Mosikare
  • Fake 'Omang' cases on the rise

    One such case went before Magistrate Wanani Ngebani on Friday where a 36-year-old Zimbabwean Lindiwe Ncube appeared.Ncube is charged with "uttering a false document (Omang) to an official" of the Department of Civil and National...

  • Three-horse race for 2024 General Election

    There is a possibility that the BCP and its possible alliance partners, the Alliance for Progressives (AP) and the Botswana Labour Party (BLP) will face the BDP and the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) which is made up the Botswana National Front...

  • Serial killer terrorises Tutume

    In the series, the first murder case happened on January 1, 2023 and the victim was a 15-year-old boy of Magapatona ward in Tutume.The second victim was a 73-year-old man of Nshakazhogwe village who was allegedly murdered on January 11 while the...

  • TAFIC vows to continue winning streak

    The team’s performance has seen it perched at the top of the league after 10 games with 21 points and is two points ahead of second-placed Mbalakalungu after the same number of games.The rise of Matjimenyenga is in stark contrast to its performance...

  • 'Sex pest' in court for defilement

    The state alleges that Moiteela Setimela, 43, of Maaloso ward in Tonota raped an eight-year-old minor on January 10 in Manyanda ward in Tonota.After the charge was read to Setimela, he elected to conduct his own defence. The prosecutor, Fanilo...

  • Outcry over low women participation in mining

    The two-day conference is held under the theme, “Empowerment of Women in Mining Towards Sustainable development”.Giving a keynote address, Moagi said the conference came at an opportune time especially when the “iron is still hot” given that...

  • BCP vs UDC court case in limbo

    The court case emerged in the aftermath of the suspension of Saleshando, who is also the vice president of the UDC. Saleshando was suspended with legislator, Goretetse Kekgonegile, who is also the secretary-general of the BCP. Before the suspensions,...

  • ‘BCP cadres jostle to replace Tshabang’

    The Nkange constituency is currently held by Dr Never Tshabang, former BCP legislator who represented the UDC in the 2019 general elections.Tshabang and other four BCP legislators were expelled from the BCP after they defied a party caucus that...

  • Moswaane denies BPP hostility

    Moswaane joined the BPP, an affiliate of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), in 2021 from the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) after he accused it of misrule and aiding and abetting corruption.Towards the end of last year rumours were...

  • Dube caged for ‘defiling, raping minor’

    The accused, Edward Dube, 36, had made an application before the Magistrate’s court asking to stop the State from taking a blood sample from him willfully or forcefully to determine if he indeed fathered a child with the minor aged 17 in 2022.When...

  • BNF gesture is a publicity stunt-BCP

    The release entitled “Election of District Leadership” reads: “There has been establishment of new districts and this has necessitated for election of council chairman and deputy council chairman.The specific guidance and instruction to all BNF...

  • P1,000 fine, jail time for illegal gold miner

    Keith Banda, landed in trouble after he was found in possession of unwrought precious metals, gold, at Tachila Farms on December 9. When sentencing Banda, Magistrate Thapelo Buang indicated that the practice of illegal gold mining threatens the...

  • 'Working trains promote AfCTA'

    Director of Transport Policy and Planning in the Ministry of Transport and Public Works, Orapeleng Mosigi said at the Friday launch of the Through Working Trains (TWT) here that rail is one mode of transport that can integrate countries and regions...

  • Woman accused of cabbie boyfriend's murder granted bail

    According to the charge sheet, Tshegofatso Jack murdered Abraham Maigwa on November 30 in Newstands, Francistown.Previously, Kutlwano Police Station Commander, Superintendent Neo Serumola said the accused murdered her boyfriend when she stabbed him...

  • Alleged gold miner appears in court

    For example, in the beginning of October this year, members of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF), the Botswana Police Service (BPS), experts from the Department of Mines and fire fighters frantically launched a joint search to retrieve the body of a...

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