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Banika, who is recognised as the supreme traditional leader of San tribes in the Chobe District (CD) in the Ntlo-ya-Dikgosi, was challenging the decision of the Chobe Land Board (CLB) to reserve only 458ha of land to the Pandamatenga community...

After postponing the registration, which was scheduled for November 1 to 30, 2023, the Independence Electoral Commission (IEC) has been interdicted and restrained from preventing the UDC from observing and monitoring the national elections...

The third prosecution witness, Tshephang Nokaneng, told the court that he knew the accused, Lempiditse Sebeti who is also known as Baile Lekokone because he (Sebeti) was his herdman.Sebeti is on trial for allegedly murdering Ontshabile Banda Sentsho....

The UDC is battling against the country’s electoral body, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), in the high stakes matter. The lead UDC attorney in the matter, Advocate Duma Boko, who is also the president of the organisation, told the court...

Machacha allegedly stabbed his then live-in girlfriend with a sharp object on the abdomen and other body parts on December 15, 2019. Fourteen years later she succumbed to the injuries she sustained from the stabbing on January 16, 2020 at the...

On October 7, the Palestine group Hamas launched a brutal terror attack from the Gaza Strip killing hundreds and wounding many and also prompted Israel to retaliate by airstrikes on the Palestinian territory. Israel has now launched a ground force...

The men, two locals, Hendry Lowe, 41, Marlon Lowe, 22, and Junior Moyo, 21, from Zimbabwe, are accused of falsely obtaining P1.4 million from Mphathi on 12 occasions between June 2020 and March 2023.When delivering ruling on an application that was...

Speaking to The Monitor on the sidelines of the BCM Inter-Mines First Aid Competitions that were hosted by Botash mine here on Saturday, although cagey with details, Siwawa said the BCM will resume the scholarship programme in due course. Asked when...

This has however, not stopped conspiracy theorists to posit that Nkoane’s resignation has something to do with Boko’s leadership style. Nkoane said she stepped down from her position in the BNF in order to “focus my resources and energy on my...

The accused, Isaac Simon, courted controversy shortly after he appeared for a status hearing after he left the dock.Whilst well inside the courtroom, Simon removed a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth as if to smoke, much to the...

Oduetse Morukuru is facing charges of murdering Galethasane Koobonye at Sesase cattlepost near Tshimoyapula on September 26, 2018. Morukuru allegedly stabbed Koobonye with an Okapi knife in the chest.The last witness for the prosecution, Detective...

FRANCISTOWN: Masego Lecha, a certified addiction professional at Sbrana Psychiatric Hospital, recently revealed that the country’s main facility for mental health rehabilitation does not have sign language interpreters.This, she said, makes it...

The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the alleged victim, allegedly started having sex with his niece from 2019 where she was about 10 until recently.When the accused appeared in court for arraignment, prosecutor Moatlhodi Macheng...

According to the charge sheet, Thusego Masisi, 34, Onneetse Molefhe, 34, and Maxwell Fanikiso, 37, were allegedly found in possession of a 12.6 kg elephant tusk near Nzano Mall in Francistown on March 27, 2020.The charge specifies that they had no...

He made these comments during the Fourth National Mental Health Psycho-Social Support Forum held from Monday to Thursday under the theme, 'Mental Health in Context'.Participating in a panel discussion titled 'Mental Health in Context:...