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The man (names withheld to protect the underage girl) was found guilty of having had sexual intercourse with his brother’s daughter for two years whilst she was schooling at a Junior Secondary School in the city. The young student was only...

Sereetsi further accuses the organisers of not allowing him to perform at the other scheduled events despite their contract agreement. The case came before the Gaborone High Court on Thursday. The contract, according to court documents seen by The...

WUC announced this morning in a press statement and it has raised a warning for a possibility of more dams overflowing as rain continues to pour down heavily. “Other dams across the country are also reaching capacity levels as they continue to...

Of particular interest is the constituency of Mmathethe-Molabowabojang, which has been phased out and some villages infused into the new Goodhope-Mmathethe constituency. However, the new constituencies identified by the report are Mogoditshane which...

Information passed to The Monitor is that businessman Sekati Kemmonye Sekati failed to pay a debt that led to a civil improvement order and his subsequent detention. According to our source, The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Mahalapye branch...

Government early this week announced that Mogae had been hospitilised in South Africa but assured the nation that the former president was not in any serious danger.The latest statement also says President Mokgweetsi Masisi had sent a delegation of...

According to the population-based Botswana National Cancer Registry (BNCR), 21,834 cases of various types of cancer were diagnosed and registered between the years 2005 and 2017, with 1,400 new cases of various types diagnosed annually on...

Timothy Dike is a fulltime visual artist based in Kasane. His arts journey dates as far back as junior school days at Shakawe Junior Secondary School but it was not until 2016 when the brush and paint would drastically change his life. The...

Magosi was speaking after assuming the chairmanship of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) yesterday. The 18th session of the CISSA Conference was officially opened on Thursday by President Mokgweetsi Masisi at the...

Held under the theme 'Entrepreneurial Africa' with Botswana at the centre, the 2023 Forbes Under 30 Summit Africa aims to "harness the power of entrepreneurial capitalism amidst the continent whose growth will help define the 21st...

In 2021, a report from the Auditor-General (AG) raised alarm that some mining companies could be short-changing Batswana and the Botswana government by providing incorrect reports on their production and sales, which in turn would affect the amounts...

This year’s Big Brother Titans hosted some of the top local media personalities from radio, newspapers and some influencers.Big Brother Titans is a joint series by the South African and Nigerian edition of the Big Brother franchise. The show...

The event, which also features another South African heavyweight, Lloyiso and locals Sereetsi and the Natives and Khoisan, is organised by local Communications and PR agency, Leapfrog.Leapfrog has experience in event management and it also owns the...

Brink died last night after a long illness. According to information passed to Tsetseng Retail Group, one of Brink's business outfits, through an internal memo, the business mogul is no more. More details to follow.

The Monitor can reveal that last week, one police officer and four soldiers brutally assaulted sex workers around one of the famous hotels in the city centre. Some of the sex workers (names known to this publication) narrated their harrowing near...