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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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Doctors say medicine crisis far from over

The Botswana Doctors Union (BDU) has warned that medicine shortages remain a serious concern in public health facilities across the country while also cautioning the Ministry of Health against celebrating victory too soon.

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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.

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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.

Dr Moeti said she is seeking leave to intervene as a friend of the court

UB law academic seeks to intervene in same-sex marriage case

The University of Botswana (UB) law lecturer, Dr Onthatile Moeti, has filed an application before the High Court seeking permission to participate as an amicus curiae, or friend of the court, in a landmark case concerning the recognition of same-sex marriage in Botswana.

The applicants, Tsholofelo Kumile and Bonolo Selelo, contend that the government's refusal to process a same-sex marriage application infringed rights

Gov’t defends refusal to recognise same sex marriage

The Botswana government has defended its refusal to process a same-sex marriage application. It argues that the country's laws do not permit marriages between people of the same sex and that officials acted lawfully when they declined to publish banns for the couple's intended union.

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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.

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TAFIC back in the hands of society

TAFIC have called a special general meeting tomorrow at Francistown Senior School to map the way forward following the handing over of the club back to society. The meeting is scheduled to start at 10am.

Editor's Comment
No act of sacrifice qualifies normalcy

Infatuated we become and everything they do excites us simply because those on our past have not made us feel such special and significant. These people extend themselves to us in an amazing fashion and lose a bit or part of themselves for the sake of seeing us so cherished. They lose their pride and a sense of ego, reduce themselves to become vulnerable for us. You cannot express love without being vulnerable. You yield your entire being to...

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