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Botswana lifted the ban on elephant hunting and other wildlife species in 2019, five years after former president, Ian Khama, who was and is still a nature enthusiast, imposed it much to the chagrin of communities that live near or within wildlife...

Nthoiwa Maxala sentenced to death Maxala was sentenced to death for the 2015 gangster style murder of Thuso Mlalazi. Mlalazi -a former Physics teacher at Tutume McConnell-was shot and killed by Maxala on September 13 at Somerset East in 2015. Justice...

FRANCISTOWN: Women and girl-children continue to bear the brunt of GBV in the country throughout the year.In most of these cases, there is a whole body of knowledge that shows that women and girls are trapped in a vicious cycle of abusive...

Digapeng was elected as BHCTTWU’s president during its elective congress that was held on December 11, 2021 in Palapye.Digapeng’s win means that a trident of women in Masego Mogwera of Botswana Public Employees Union(BOPEU), and Martha Molema of...

The state alleges that the accused couple, Banoziba Dambe, 46, who is the director of Bano Investments and spouse, Tiny Dambe, 34, a nurse by profession, and their alleged assassins, Lesedi Khunou, 31 (Tiny’s close relative) allegedly murdered...

When the coronavirus hit Botswana’s shores in March 2020, the government introduced a raft of measures to contain its spread.Amongst the measures that were implemented was the unpopular declaration of State of Public Emergency (SoE) for the purpose...

Giving an address at the union’s general council meeting in Selibe-Phikwe recently, BMWU president Joseph Tsimako implored all union members to ditch political factions that ensued in the build up to the 2019 elective congress that ushered the new...

The state alleges that the duo and another person not before the court robbed Elias Fani of his BMW worth P48,000 on June 17, 2020, at Borolong village using violence.The state also alleges that in total the accused robbed Fani of his car and other...

However, the end of the year in Francistown is usually characterised by a spate of human trafficking incidents and related offences as reflected by the increasing number of cases registered with the courts. Eric Mpofu, 29, who is unemployed appeared...

The incident involving the two happened at Minestone Park on Wednesday morning at around 11am, police confirmed. Central Police Station commander, Superintendent Lebalang Maniki said they suspect that the boyfriend stabbed his girlfriend with a knife...

Mbunyane met his death after he uttered words to the effect that his nephew, Bareki, had a disease that he could potentially transmit for having such a propensity for sleeping around with older women in Jamataka village, mentioning his own wife...

The attorney, Charles Tlagae, was representing Teko Bareki, 44, who without malice aforethought killed his uncle, Letang Mbunyane, 64, during a traditional beverage drinking spree at Jamataka village in the Central Administrative District of Botswana...

When the MoU was signed, the parties were cognisant of the spirit and purpose of the agreement was/is to ensure electoral gains, success and victory in any by-election, each of the contracting parties is enjoined both in the selection of candidates...

According to the charge sheet, Botlhe Gaopatwe (25), Baliki Kemmonye Gaborone (35), who are citizens of Botswana, Sphamandla Witness Ncube (36) from Zimbabwe, and their South African counterparts, Lucky Ndimande (34) and Sakhile Mkhize (26), on or...

Initially, Teko Bareki (44) was charged with murdering Ngunyane Letang at Jamataka village in the Central District of Botswana on May 27 in 2005.However, when Bareki, who is currently in jail, appeared before Justice Barnabas Nyamadzabo, Bianca...