According to the acting station commander of Thamaga Police, assistant superintendent Busang Malope, the accident, which happened just across from popular Thamaga bar, Heroes Park, involved a combi which struck two female pedestrians and injured...
Maun District Officer Commanding, Onious Madziba, told MmegiOnline that the accident occurred around 0545hrs."The accident happened about 21 km towards Maun and unfortunately three people who were in the Altezza died while the driver was...
Shoshong police confirmed that they are investigating the unsettling incident which occurred early on Christmas Day morning around 02:45hrs in which a 28-year-old man of Phaleng ward, Shoshong was stabbed to death in what is suspected to be a deal...
According to the charge sheet, it is alleged that the accused person on December 18, unlawfully and indecently sexually assaulted his step daughter by touching her buttocks and caressing her breasts.Appearing before Gantsi Senior Magistrate, Molema...
The iincident took place at Moimeissfontein Farm, situated some seven kilometres away from Baines Drift. According to Baines Drift police station commander, Onnetse Gagogosha, the incident occurred on Saturday evening and the man sustained serious...
Back in 2018 the rise in cattle rustling prompted the police to launch anti-cattle theft campaigns to curb the scourge.I believe that the rearing of livestock has and will always be an integral part of the life of Batswana and a major contributor to...
Legal minds believe that justice equates to fairness. When one talks about justice, people expect to be treated impartially, fairly, properly, and reasonably by the law and by those tasked with creating those laws.Justice prevails when laws are made...
There is no doubt that in a democratic dispensation like ours, security intelligence is a key component in managing internal and external threats to a nation. But, when the work of security intelligence organs becomes intrusive and weaponised,...
One of their major findings is that the direct appointment of a president could lead to disaster. A Cabinet White Paper, which sums up their stand on matters raised by Batswana following the review process explains the matter.One of the...
The Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Anna Mokgethi defended the agreement in Parliament, stating that technocrats would finalise the issue at the instruction of both presidents.The agreement, made during the Kusi Ideas Festival, proposes that...
This comes after proposals from Batswana and a recommendation from the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Review of the Constitution.The recommendation was that “Political party funding be introduced based on parliamentary seats won by...
One of the recommendations by Batswana was that the Constitution seems to give the President excessive powers that seem to set him or her above the law.Some people opposed a sitting President’s immunity from criminal prosecution and advocated the...
Hundreds of buffaloes from Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park were spotted roaming around Sowa Town as well as Lepashe, Mosetse, Dukwi, Kutamogoree, and other nearby villages in early September. Authorities conjectured that the animals were...
Like the old feeble suggests, not all that glitters is gold and a peep into Botswana’s castle in the air reveals a rather bitter sweet narrative. Democracy as a political ideal, functions best at the backdrop of an army of institutions that need to...
At some point Butale was on a winning streak in court against his opponents and everyone thought he had nine lives up until he was ousted. He seemed like a man who would never give up but after his ship sank. He finally bowed out to form a new party...
As early as January, Health minister, Dr Edwin Dikoloto found himself under serious pressure as he had to defend the comments he allegedly made in a leaked audio between himself and Member of Parliament for Mahalapye West, David Tshere. In the leaked...
Recently, two people went missing in Molepolole, something that pushed villagers to run amok burning houses, a shelter at the village kgotla, and tyres blocking the main roads as they suspected the missing persons were abducted for ritual...
Justice Maripe further ordered that the renewal should be “subject only to justifiable safeguards necessary for the protection of the heritage area.Such safeguards are not to include any further demand for reduction or shifting of the license area...
The Umbrella for Democratic Change’s (UDC) founding member affiliates are the Botswana National Front (BNF), and Botswana People’s Party (BPP).Given the significance of political issues during an election season, I have decided to thoroughly...
Police received the report of the accident around 0430hrs when the deceased and her passengers were driving from south to north on the A1 highway.Dibete police station commander, Superintendent Meshack Ranku, told The Monitor that the deceased lost...