Bobonong Acting Station Commander, Assistant Superintendent Legobonye Nkalolang, said the incident occurred at the Ndokeng Music Festival, which was held at Riverview Garden in Bobonong.Nkalolang explained that investigations are ongoing to establish...
The statistics were shared with Mmegi Online by the Ministry of Health (MoH) Thursday morning.According to the ministry's acting spokesperson, Mompoloki Lekoto, out of the 102 births recorded, 50 were male while 52 were female.Princess Marina...
The four were travelling to Mandunyane village for the Christmas holidays when their vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a Botswana Prisons Service truck on December 23. The accident occurred at Madiaela lands, between Radisele and...
Police are urging motorists to exercise patience and caution to avoid fatal accidents.In an interview with MmegiOnline, Dibete Police Station commander, Superintendent Keogaile Tau, said traffic was particularly heavy from south to north from as...
Nkgarapi is alleged to have ended the life of Mokganelwa by fatally stabbing her on June 16 at the University of Botswana. This was shortly after the accused was granted bail by the Extension II Magistrate Court despite a restraining order issued...
The group accuses the minister of bias. Applicants, Dladleng Entertainment Centre Proprietary Limited, Frank Lesokwane (AKA Franco), Magare Falaki Mononi t/a club 65, Mobobi Investments proprietary limited T/A obsession lounge car n nite club,...
Addressing editors during the meeting, NSSD technical committee member Kekgaoditse Suping said the development of the NSS marks a shift from past approaches that viewed national security as the sole responsibility of state security agencies. He said...
In a statement revealing the list, New African magazine said Chombo represents a promising new crop of youthful leaders in Africa.“The former Miss World Africa 2024 was appointed as Botswana’s Minister of Youth and Gender in November last year,...
Malema, a retired University of Botswana professor and former Botswana Congress Party member is accused of raping an 18 year old girl (names withheld) in January. The alleged rape incident is said to have occurred during recess when the victim went...
Early in his life at secondary school, the 55-year-old Capricorn (Zodiac) had already identified politics as his first choice ahead of everything. There is a strong belief that Capricorns are popular and highly regarded for their ambition,...
Tebogo Tshepang Nthibo allegedly gave a customer’s account details to another accused person who then gained access to the account.Appearing for arraignment before senior Magistrate Tshepo Thedi, the state further told the court that Nthibo along...
The visit was deeply emotional for admitted children children who could not hold back their tears of joy.Speaking at the handover ceremony Biker, Tshepo Thedi said that the gesture from the bikers was an expression of genuine love and compassion....
According to documents filed by the Corporation with the regulator, the BPC is seeking a 68% tariff increase for domestic consumers, 41% for government and 40% each for commercial users and mining operations. The different requests have a weighted...
However, when examined more closely, the intensity and organisation of the party’s campaign efforts during these contests reveal a different story. Although unsuccessful, the campaigns were notably vigorous, demonstrating that the party remains...
Reporting from the Magistrate’s court in 2025 revealed a troubling picture of a country grappling with extreme violence, where some cases ended not with verdicts but funerals. Although public perception may suggest otherwise, only two murder...
The phrase escaped official speeches and entered the public’s vocabulary. It began being used sarcastically at bus stops, continued to be whispered angrily in clinics, and was joked about in bars. It became the punchline to delayed salaries, unpaid...
Topping the list as the crime of the year was the death of former Minister of Health, Lelatisitswe Sethomo. His death marked a record moment in Botswana’s history as possibly the first suicide involving a former Cabinet minister. At the time of his...
Fear and panic are what have triggered nearly all the economic crises seen all over the world in the past centuries. This is precisely why leaders, particularly those in charge of public finances, make great efforts to manage the narrative and optics...
For years, the hard task of creating meaningful jobs and diversifying the economy was repeatedly kicked down the road by successive fiscal planners. That deferred reckoning has now caught up with the country, leaving the Minister of Finance with...
In the vernacular, sometimes a bad year is condemned to the gutters, to the extent of wishing it never existed, “Ngwaga o o sa nthateng ga o fete.”To their fellow scribes and family members, the year 2025 is a year they will definitely choose to...
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