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Police arrests during Rev Tiego's protest PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
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Bakgatla Heritage Fest

Bakgatla in Moruleng, South Africa held their annual Heritage Fest on Sunday. Kgosi Kgafela II addressed morafe on number of contentious issues affecting Bakgalta in Botswana and South Africa. PICS: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

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Batswana, Zimbabweans tensions worry Mogoditshane police

Police in Mogoditshane have expressed concern over escalating tensions between Batswana and Zimbabwean nationals following a series of violent clashes allegedly linked to rising crime in the area.

Kgosi Omphitlhetse Manyeneng. PIC PHATSIMO KAPENG

Pension pay-day ‘girlfriends’ cautioned

The old men of Mokatako village worked the lands and the cattle posts their entire lives. Now, on pension pay-day, they cannot walk from the pay point to their homes without a young woman half a century their junior clinging to their arm, pointing at hawkers’ goods and smiling for all the wrong reasons.

Lefoko Moagi

Moagi-linked card allegedly exposes P4.7 m scandal

Lefoko Moagi’s corruption trial commenced on Monday at the Broadhurst Regional Magistrate’s court, with a bank card allegedly used in the commission of a crime taking centre stage.

Atamelang. PIC PHATSIMO KAPENG

Botswana Air Access initiative bears fruits

Botswana Air Access has been hailed for playing a crucial role in facilitating airlines to establish new routes and expand since its launch two years ago.

Moagi, sat quietly in the dock while one of his former subordinates took the stand

Former subordinate takes stand against Moagi

The courtroom witnessed a striking reveal of fortunes this week as former Minister of Minerals and Energy, Lefoko Moagi, sat quietly in the dock while one of his former subordinates took the stand and detailed the process that led to the approval of eight prospecting licenses at the center of a P4.7m corruption trial.

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Couple robbed at knifepoint in Mogoditshane

A 32-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman were robbed at knifepoint while parked by the roadside in Mogoditshane on Saturday night, in an incident that also saw the man's vehicle stolen before it was later recovered abandoned in Gaborone.

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Bosa Bosele offers free counselling to the public

Bosa Bosele Training College has revealed that it has provided free counselling services to members of the public through its Social Work department.

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Council leadership squabbles are failing Batswana

“A genuine leader is not a searcherfor consensus but a molder of consensus.”–Martin Luther King Jr.Personality wars at Gaborone City Council (GCC), Palapye District Council and recently at Francistown City Council are holding back developments as civic leaders are increasingly consumed by internal power struggles, personality clashes and political factionalism. The latest developments at the GCC are particularly troubling. The postponement...

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