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Tebogo is not the first star athlete to emerge, but unfortunately, only a few go all the way and make a living out of their fast feet. As we celebrate Tebogo’s victory, let us look at the likes of Glody Dube, Gable Garenamotse, Amantle Montsho,...

Mr President, it is time to get this one thing right, please! As it is well-known, promises are as thin and fragile as piecrust; easily made, easily broken. Batswana are unhappy. Batswana are suffering. The cost of living keeps on increasing and...

Of late, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has been having its own share of bickering. Both have attracted the attention of many Batswana and aroused the people’s desire to actively participate in the debates around some of the issues....

While some people seemed to believe that the law should take its course, there is another camp that seemed to feel that the arrests amounted to harassment of the former president’s twin brothers, and Tshekedi’s wife Thea, who was also detained...

This day is used to celebrate women’s social, economic, cultural and political achievements and also to lobby for equal treatment and representation.Women are continuing to make a mark across the globe and our country is no different. While women...

Ensuring that as an entity you deal with your clientele honestly and transparently is a show of good business conduct. The organizers had promised music lovers that South African musician Zahara would serenade them with her music but failed to break...

On Wednesday, law enforcement organs gunned down 10 robbery suspects following a cash-in-transit heist that occurred at the Bank of Baroda, Main Mall branch.The deadly incident was met with mixed reactions from members of the public, with some...

A choice of the venue was questioned as thousands of supporters thronged the 8,000-capacity venue just less than an hour before the kick-off time. The long queues formed outside the stadium as many supporters had opted to buy tickets on the match...

Just last week, several cases were reported, which included a soldier who murdered his wife and wounded his nephew, before taking his own life. Another incident involves a woman who is suspected to have killed her husband and one other incident in...

The coalition has been sweeping vacant council seats like it’s a walk in the park. The ward had only two contenders, being Simon Moipolai of the UDC and the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) representative, Thato Kgwatalala. UDC’s Moipolai emerged...

However, a trend has been developing, where some of these criminals outsmart the BPS and end up escaping from custody.Just this week, a local newspaper, The Midweek Sun carried a heartbreaking story of a young man who escaped from police custody with...

The Fight Crime Gaborone Facebook page is always filled with sad complaints of hard working Batswana who were robbed at knife point at some traffic lights or at their home gates when trying to get inside.These thugs have no mercy; they do not just...

This is a culmination of nine months of work by a dedicated team which comprised journalists, designers and marketers. The repositioning and redesign of The Monitor could not have come at a more appropriate time.The newspaper became of age last year...

This year has not been easy for many people. There have been too many tears due to an increase in the death rate caused by COVID-19, adding on to some of the challenges we still face as a country including the ever-increasing cases of gender-based...

The main purpose of spying is meant to protect the security of any country and be able to detect infiltration from other nations by collecting intelligence information.Intelligence is primarily meant to provide information and countering activities...