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Appeal to public transport operators to exercise caution

Many Batswana have over the years lost lives to road traffic accidents involving both private and public transport vehicles. As a result, there has been an outcry for the longest time that buses, especially those that are northbound, overspeed.

Those who occasionally use highways like the A1 and A3 roads will bear testimony to have experienced this firsthand as they have been overtaken by overspeeding buses. Sadly, some of the passengers are the ones who urge some bus drivers to overspeed.

The result of this madness is the horrific accident that claimed lives of nine people on Sunday evening near Lechana settlement along the A1 Highway.

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Call for collective effort to fight drug menace

“Drugs take you to hell, disguised as heaven”- Donald Lyn FrostThe rising usage of illicit substances such as marijuana (dagga), methcathinone (commonly known as CAT), cocaine and heroin is destroying lives, breaking families and threatening the country’s future.To combat the scourge, government through law enforcement agencies have intensified efforts to cut the supply of drugs, but the fight cannot be won without strong families and...

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