The call was made by Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe when addressing a kgotla meeting earlier today following the confirmation of the outbreak of the disease in Jackalas No.1, North East District. The announcement prompted government to impose...
The discovery has spurred the police in the area to launch an investigation to ascertain what caused the death of the duo. Jwaneng Police Station commander, Superintendent Osimilwe Mangena, explained that they received a report on Sunday concerning a...
Prior to magistrate Mmesi rejecting the application on Thursday, the State had indicated that it wished to introduce an expert witness midway trial. However, defence attorney Busang Manewe objected on many grounds highlighting it was tantamount to an...
The development follows allegations by Manual Workers Union representative, Robert Rabasimane and the union’s consultant, Johnson Motshwarakgole, who claimed that Motsamai was not fit to hold office due to what they described as unresolved and...
According to her charge sheet, the accused person, Nchimako, on or about January 29, 2026, at Oodi, Lekgwarapana ward, cruelly punished a minor child aged 1 year at her place of work, where she assaulted the minor, leaving him with bruises and...
The murder incident occurred last month. It is alleged that the officer (names withheld as she is yet to be charged) stationed at Old Naledi mobilised a group of four men to go search for the perpetrators. The suspected group allegedly broke into her...
In a press statement this afternoon, DCEC said the funds were recovered under a civil forfeiture order obtained under the Proceeds of Crime Act (PICA), with assistance from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP).The money represents a...
Bakganedi, mother of two, and the man accused of assaulting her, Tebo Molebeledi, had lived together for 11 years and have one child between them, an eight-year-old girl, who now lives in fear. She is currently without both of her parents, as one is...
The deceased, a 30-year-old man from Palapye and his 27-year-old girlfriend of Pilane, died on the spot after the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a horse and a trailer truck.The crash happened near Bonwapitse Bridge, which is about 20...
The suspects, both aged 29, were working as herders in the area at the time of the alleged assault on December 26, 2025.The victim later disappeared, prompting a missing person report and a police investigation that has now led to the discovery of...
Mahalapye Police Station commander, Superintendent Ntoko Simane, told The Monitor that the accident occurred at around 8pm shortly after the vehicle passed the Tropic of Capricorn.Simane added that although the vehicle collided with and killed a cow,...
No.13 District Officer Commanding, Senior Superintendent Mmoloke Sebako, told The Monitor the minor was hit by a car driven by a 47-year-old man.“The child sustained a fractured left hip and was rushed to Sidilega Private Hospital, where he is...
Speaking in an interview with The Monitor on Saturday, UDC executive secretary Dr Patrick Molutsi said the programme reflects a commitment the party made to Batswana during the election campaign. He explained that the CGP is designed not only to ease...
. The congresses are seen as a strategic move to empower these key groups and ensure they have a meaningful voice in the party’s decision-making processes. This comes hardly after another congress they tried to hold failed due to internal fights....
With just a P300 fuel purchase at a Shell service station in Pilane, Motshegwe unknowingly set in motion a journey that ended with him driving away in a brand-new Toyota GD6, the grand prize of Shell Botswana’s 19-week Bozza Tsa Tsela promotion.The...
The new facility, officially launched to the public on January 28, is part of the lodge’s step-by-step expansion strategy aimed at meeting client demand while remaining mindful of the tough hospitality environment.Previously limited to a 16-seater...
Reacting to the results, BOSETU Secretary-General Tobokani Rari noted a significant increase in the number of high-performing candidates. He said merit candidates rose from 16 in the 2024 examinations to 43 in 2025.“We also need to note an increase...
The accused, Tebo Molebeledi, said he was the one who took the victim to the hospital and thereafter reported himself to the police.According to his charge sheet, on September 30, 2025, at Morwamoswe village, Molebeledi unlawfully assaulted Becky...
No.13 District Officer Commanding, Senior Superintendent Mmoloke Sebako said the first rape case was recorded on Friday after a 15-year-old girl was attacked and gang raped by two men in Ledumadumane, Mogoditshane.He said the little girl was walking...
It was a partial victory which was carefully reasoned, legally restrained, and devastatingly precise. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), armed with the full machinery of the Proceeds and Instruments of Crime Act (PICA), had descended on the...
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