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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...

In 2023, Botswana reviewed and increased penalties for sexual offences, but this has not deterred men from sexually violating women. Government, through the BPS, has conducted numerous men's conferences (Pitso ya Borre) in villages across the...

Mogoditshane Police Station commander, Superintendent Mbiganyi Letsholathebe said the incident occurred on Saturday night at around 10pm.Letsholathebe said the victim who was driving from Gaborone said it was at around 10pm when she saw a woman who...

The association’s concern follows the country’s festive season statistics on GBV incidents by the police revealing that 60 women and girls were raped, 19 murdered, and 13 defiled from December 19, 2024 to January 2, 2025. FAB noted with concern...

The police have revealed that on average, five lives are lost on the road with more male motorists more likely to be killed whilst behind the wheel compared to women. The latter are said to usually lose their lives as passengers. Despite the...

The President made the remarks when officiating the recent launch of this year’s Botswana Police Service (BPS) and Botswana Defence Force (BDF) joint festive season crime prevention operation. The event was held under the theme ‘A crime-free...

Mmegi: Who is Dipheko Motube?Motube: My name is Henceford Dipheko Motube, born in Kopong back on July 13, 1962, but my parents originate from Gabane, so Gabane is my ancestral village with 98% of us based there. In the past, residents of villages...

Southern Divisional traffic officer, Assistant Commissioner Boiki Mojalemotho said the accident involving a Kanye/Mmathethe public transport combi carrying eight passengers and a truck occurred at around 5:15pm. "It is alleged that the combi had just...

Martin's Drift Police Station commander, Superintendent Moses Morolong said the matter occurred at around 8pm in Morebodi ward, Tumasera. He said the irate young man pounced on his 32-year-old girlfriend in an attack at her home after the...

Broadhurst Police Station assistant commander, Assistant Superintendent Maemo Leshaba, noted they are seeing an increase in such incidents during daytime. "Since two months we have seen a growing trend of house break-ins in Tsholofelo East and West,"...

Road fatalities In May this year, during the Easter holidays, the country was plunged into a devastating shock following the tragic loss of 45 Batswana who were members of the St Engenas Zion Christian Church (ZCC) in a horrific accident on a bridge...

In an accident that occurred on Friday afternoon at around 1:40pm along KT Motsepe Road along the Western Bypass, a man, likely to be aged between 25 and 30 years, was fatally hit by a horse and trailer truck in Block 5 whilst attempting to cross the...

Southern Divisional traffic officer, Assistant Commissioner Boiki Mojalemotho said the accident occurred when church members were travelling from East to West. On the other hand, he added the Toyota Corolla, which was driven by a 36-year-old man, was...

Dow had requested the government to establish, as a matter of urgency, peace desks and assign officers at Magistrate Courts and police stations to facilitate and enable the use of Section 335 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act as a quick,...

The incident occurred at around 2:30am, according to Mahalapye Central Police Station commander, Superintendent Meshack Ranku. "The victim said whilst walking home alone she met three men on the way who attacked her. She said one of them pulled her...