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Delivering the Budget Speech this week, the Minister of Finance, Peggy Serame, revealed to have allocated the Education ministry P16.01 billion of which P15.54 billion was recurrent budget and a development budget of P472 million. Serame said the P16...

The establishment of the DEA last year was government’s clear plan that it wants to fight this menace by attacking it on many fronts. The DEA was established in accordance with Section V of the Illicit Traffic in Narcotics and Pyschotropic...

No16 District officer commanding, Senior Superintendent Nicholas Kadiatla stated that the incident took place at around 8pm when the victim was alone at home.Describing the ordeal, Kadiatla explained that while the victim was still getting ready, she...

This isn't the first instance of the suspect threatening the 36-year-old complainant.The No16 District officer commanding, Senior Superintendent Nicholas Kadiatla noted that this duo has a history of conflict. “We do not know what the...

The duo, along with another still at large, allegedly rustled four donkeys from Pallaroad and took them to Mahalapye without the owner’s consent. Acting police station commander at Mahalapye Central Police, Assistant Superintendent Moatlhodi...

It has been years since the teachers’ quarters at the school were maintained, resulting in the current situation where teachers occupy houses with falling ceilings, broken windows, rusty kitchen units, and cracked floor tiles, The Monitor learnt...

Questions arose regarding who she was and why she was chosen over well-known activists of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). Kereng became the Minister of Wildlife and Tourism, where she had a successful stint. Just last year, she received an...

Police suspect that a syndicate targeting Honda Fit, Madza Demio and Toyota RunX car models could be on the loose in the area.In an interview with The Monitor, Mochudi Police Station commander, Superintendent Joel Masilo said they were investigating...

Police say such cases often end up at their door step when they could have been resolved amicably at home. Mogoditshane Police Station commander, Superintendent Boemo Bok said nowadays Batswana are exhibiting a frightening tendency of lack of...

The victim was roused from her sleep by a loud bang on her door as unknown criminals forced entry into the house at around 2am. The intruders helped themselves to two laptops, a television set before making away in her Toyota Vios. Mogoditshane...

For years, Letlhakane has been the hub of social ills such as rape, defilement, just to mention but a few. The nerve-wreaking trend has become a norm despite several interventions by the police and other stakeholders to nip rape incidents in the bud....

Residents of Tawana ward were left speechless when the news of the man's arrest by the police started spreading around the village on Thursday, amid talk that the alleged rape could have been going on for quite a while until the girl's mother...

The prospective 'buyer' had just left the garage accompanied by a garage employee when on the way the man made a phone call that left the employee traumatised. Superintendent Boemo Bok of Mogoditshane police said the matshelonyana truck...

They only discovered his lifeless body in the morning at about 8am. The incident was confirmed by Superintendent James Maabong who said the man sustained serious injuries in the elephant attack.

The initiative is the brainchild of the Ministry of Defence and Security working in close cooperation with BPS, and was designed to bring the high crime rate in Botswana's towns and cities under control. In recent times, crimes of an intrusive...