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Pini Bothoko
  • BDF Day charm remains popular, unmatched

    As the defence force celebrated its 46th anniversary over the weekend, this year’s event attracted thousands of enthusiasts across different ages and social divides.When The Monitor team arrived at around 6:00am, multitudes of patrons had already...

  • Dow: strong, bold intelligent woman

    Since she left her ministerial post last year, Dow who resigned from the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) on Tuesday has been on a war-path with her party. During a press conference that was held at Blue Tree Restaurant, Dow confirmed that she had...

  • Mogoditshane police probe murder

    The man was later certified dead by doctors on arrival at the Nkoyaphiri clinic. Police are still trying to piece together what happened as they interrogate the duo who brought in the deceased to the police station.Acting Mogoditshane Police Station...

  • Defilement on the rise in Machaneng area

    Even though he did not have detailed statistics Machaneng Police Station commander, Superintendent Gagopale Gaselarona said they are investigating cases of defilement in which a 12-year-old girl and a 17-year-old girl were defiled in Serafhe and...

  • Cable thief hospitalised after electric shock

    It was around 3:30am when the whole street experienced a blackout and residents contacted the police as they suspected it was not an ordinary load shedding.Local police in the village reacted to the report and arrested four men aged between 24 and 30...

  • BPF not intimidated by new party

    In the past Khama made it public that he wants to be BPF president-a move that elicited mixed feelings within the party and it is believed to have caused tensions too.For a while now, some disgruntled members have been rumoured to be working behind...

  • AP faction numbers to boost the BCP

    This comes after Botswana Congress Party (BCP). BCP and ally Botswana Labour Party (BLP) were recently dumped by the AP leadership in their cooperation talks, a decision which has divided the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) splinter...

  • Court convicts SA nationals

    The two had pleaded guilty to the offences. Sentencing for the two will be delivered soon. Matlou, 43, and Maphoto, 29, both residents of Lephalale township in South Africa, were arrested in January this year in Gaborone and Tlokweng respectively....

  • Thabala hit, run driver arrested

    Serowe police station commander, Superintendent Poloko Oteng confirmed that the suspect who had fled the accident scene has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and fleeing the scene of accident. The suspect will soon...

  • Student, 15, dies after being hit by car

    The accident was reported at around 6:25am along KT Motsepe Road popularly known as Western by-pass. The 47-year-old woman who was the driver of the Polo VW that hit the deceased was driving alone and the boy was crossing the road from west to...

  • Man on bail for murder probed for another

    The resident of Serorome ward, in Palapye, is currently on bail for a murder he committed some time back in Rakops.On Saturday morning, the suspect allegedly contacted the girlfriend's relatives by a phone call asking them to check on her...

  • Mother dies, son survives in hit-and-run

    The hit-and-run incident occurred on Saturday night at Thabala village.No2 District officer commanding, Senior Superintendent Paul Oketsang said the speeding Toyota March driver failed to stop following the accident and investigations are ongoing to...

  • Pedestrian killed in road mishap

    No2 District officer commanding, Senior Superintendent Paul Oketsang said the deceased was in the company of her husband and her niece. The companions were also on the roadside attending to their car that had a breakdown when she met her...

  • We can win the battle against drugs—Mmusi

    However, in partnership with the newly established Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the Defence and Security ministry is confident that there is new hope that the country can win the battle against drug use.Minister Kagiso Mmusi said this when...

  • Political parties ready for Serowe-West by-election

    Khama has been in South Africa since last year after he and his wife, Thea Khama and his twin brother, Anthony were briefly detained and questioned by the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) over alleged possession of weapons of...

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