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Pini Bothoko
  • Machaneng police investigate murder, suicide

    "Initially we received a report of a suicide case from Seruleng Lands after a 28-year-old man found his cousin hanging from a tree next to a kraal and reported the matter. Police rushed to the crime scene and discovered an unset message from the...

  • Mother, daughter injured in car crash

    The duo was travelling in a Honda Fit vehicle that was driven by a 39-year-old woman who lost control of the vehicle and hit an animal control fence by the roadside.No.2 District Officer Commanding, Senior Superintendent Paul Oketsang said the...

  • Vendor nabbed for dagga possession

    The vendor was recently arrested following a stop, question, and search operation by the police. Confirming her arrest, Mahalapye Central Police Station commander, Superintendent Meshack Ranku said the sachets were estimated to weigh 190 grammes....

  • Nephew hospitalised following fight with uncle

    No.2 District Officer Commanding, Senior Superintendent Paul Oketsang said during the fight, the uncle grabbed a log. He hit his nephew on the head with it, landing the nephew in hospital."The victim had sustained serious injuries but he is currently...

  • Sexual offences on the rise in Mahalapye

    Their worry follows the recent cases in which two teenage girls were discovered pregnant by their parents after falling sick. Mahalapye Central Police Station commander, Superintendent Meshack Ranku revealed that since the start of the new year they...

  • Child rape: Sehithwa’s ‘ticking time bomb’

    The children from this small village located in the North West of Botswana suffer perpetual cruelty at the hands of men old enough to be their parents or guardians. The village remains a ‘hub’ of rapists with disturbing cases involving children...

  • Crime in 100 days: Legal loopholes persist

    GBV has become a daily concern for a country believed to be a peace-loving nation with a strong cultural value of Botho. Over the past festive season, police recorded 298 reported offences against persons, with 181 of them being GBV-linked crimes....

  • Form 3 teen commits suicide

    The teenage boy, who was living with his aunt in Mogoditshane, was doing Form 3 in one of the local junior schools.No.13 District Officer Commanding, Senior Superintendent Obusitswe Lokae said after receiving the report of the matter, police rushed...

  • Rising defilement cases cause concern in Serule

    Serule Police Station assistant commander, Assistant Superintendent Mbobo Serokolo told The Monitor last week they recorded three cases which were reported by the victims' parents. He explained that all of the victims were girls aged between 14...

  • Goats belonging to gov't stolen at NARDI, Serule

    According to police, workers at the facility established four of the small stock were missing on Saturday evening after others returned from grazing. The employees then tried to search for them until they discovered that the fence was destroyed at...

  • Herder, 63, attacked and robbed of traditional beer

    The old man, who works as a herder at Mmalehutso cattle posts, had on the fateful afternoon left the area after receiving his salary to pay debts at Diphukujane cattle posts. Machaneng Police Station commander, Superintendent George Mabuta narrated...

  • Inmate stabbed in Mahalapye Prison fight

    Mahalapye Central Police Station commander, Superintendent Meshack Ranku said the prisoners allegedly fought on Friday night at around 9pm but the matter was reported on Saturday morning. "We have arrested a 25-year-old man, also a prisoner, and...

  • Gov't returns health clinics to councils

    In August last year, when supporting a motion that was tabled by the then Member of Parliament (MP) for Takatokwane, Tshoganetso Leuwe, collectively, MPs conceded that it was overdue for healthcare services to be relocated to the Ministry of Local...

  • Phane harvesters’ disappearances worry police

    Law enforcement officials say Batswana tend to concentrate more on collecting the worms from trees and paying little attention to their whereabouts, hence, they get lost. No.2 Officer Commanding, Senior Superintendent Paul Oketsang has urged phane...

  • Teenage girl attacked, raped

    Letlhakane Police Station commander, Superintendent Michael Maphephu said the incident occurred at around 2am. He stated that the victim and her peers were walking home when a 22-year-old man of Korea Ward, Khwee approached them from behind."When...

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