Soccer and church stadium clash: Opportunities missed

There seems to be something in the steamy air here that causes events to spontaneously mutate, like some kind of fast-growing alien jungle vegetation, throbbing and roiling and sending out vines and tendrils in all directions.

Before long some seemingly simple event that you thought you had understood completely has evolved into something completely different and usually far more bizarre.

A local team called Gaborone United (GU) is supposed to host a team from DRC. Nothing wrong with that. An international church is supposed to host a crusade. Nothing wrong with that.

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Molepolole unrest: Urgent attention on missing person cases

From Jakoba's mysterious disappearance on November 9 to the grim discovery of his remains at Mosinki Lands, a gap in the response mechanisms of the police and village leadership has been laid bare. The community's anger is evident, seen in the attack on Bakang Masole, the man found driving Jakoba's taxi and the main suspect, and the subsequent riot. Residents express discontent, citing a troubling trend of missing persons cases often...

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