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Lebogang Baingapi
  • Deputy registrar calls for accurate court statistics

    The deputy registrar, Legal, Bafi Nlanda said it was important to note that as the department compiles statistics, they have to ensure that they represent quality service, accuracy, timeliness and integrity as per the department’s core...

  • Diamonds of Hope to aid flood victims

    Jwaneng Mine employees formed the organisation two years ago after eight Matsha College students died in a horrific accident in 2015. The organisation raised P250,000, which was used towards expenses incurred after the accident. This year, the...

  • Court declares detention of asylum seekers unlawful again

    The three asylum seekers, Marie Iragi (22), Sophia Laheri (30) and Theresa Butayi (30) through their attorney Morgan Moseki petitioned the department of immigration and citizenship arguing that their perpetual detention was unlawful. They added that...

  • Jail time for those refusing to help fight fires

    Senior Forest and Ranch Resources officer for Kanye, Johannes Seema told cattle ranchers during a fire management workshop that the law essentially treats those who refuse to help put out fires, the same as those who actually start fires. In the...

  • Ministry refurbishes Mpule Kwelagobe Centre

    The staff from the Ministry, town leadership and civil servants joined hands to paint and refurbish the home of vulnerable children to give it a new look. The centre was constructed by Debswana Jwaneng Mine and named after Mpule Kwelagobe who won...

  • CEDA takes services to remote areas

    Last week, the agency brought  a mobile unit here to inform residents about their latest offerings. Speaking at the event,  Kanye branch manager Ogaufi Tafa encouraged the residents to seek funding from CEDA to start any economically...

  • At last, Moshupa primary hospital is here

    While some had lost hope since the promise of the hospital almost 30 years ago, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Shannaz El-Halabi assured them that its construction will start in October this year behind the Moshupa...

  • Debswana�s Shot In The Arm For Jwaneng Hawkers

    A delegation sent by the town clerk, Dick Kalantle brought good news to the hawkers on Thursday. The Chief commercial affairs technician, Ditshupo Wilson however explained that the structures remain the property of the council and the tenants will...

  • Tremor collapses Jwaneng building

    The Government workers who had come to work early Tuesday morning were stopped in their tracks by the debris strewn all over the place and cars with dented bodies. Consequently, it took the cajoling, begging and even threats, for the civil servants...

  • Man gets 12 months for theft of mag wheels

    The sentence was backdated to December when he was arrested. Three other alleged accomplices Rebecca Mokgori, Tafadzwa Geza (28) and Tabahla Sibanda (27) were acquitted, as there was no evidence linking them to the offence. Chirongoma (32) pleaded...

  • Farmer Tests Waters With New Potato Seed

    Serinane-based Seate says she has become the first farmer in Botswana to plant potatoes using seeds and not the usually tubers. Last year, she went to an agriculture fair outside Botswana and she found a potato seed called True Potato Seed (TPS),...

  • Sekoto decries lack of gov�t support

    Twenty-one-year-old Batshani Sekoto, who walked from Masunga to Gaborone pushing his non-moving car for 22 days in November 2016, was on a mission to meet President Ian Khama to appeal for funding to complete his vehicle. He was not given good...

  • Entrepreneurs turn to crowdfunding

    The method, which is not yet common in Botswana, is whereby an entrepreneur comes up with a business idea and calls on the public to invest by buying shares in the business as a way of raising funds. Wilson of Ezymox Holdings explained in an...

  • Zim �diamond dealer� appears

    He was arrested over the weekend. The state alleges that Chaganda was found in possession of three diamonds while not being a person exempted or authorised to possess the diamonds. Prosecutor Gasemotho Pitlagano applied for the charge to be read to...

  • Makgalemele applauds Jwaneng Mine Hospital

    He made the remarks after touring the hospital on Friday. Makgalemele said that a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Debswana and the Government for the hospital to assist the general public with medical services. He said the hospital...

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