How HIV scared young Motswana from Law degree

It was in 1996, as I was walking from my home that I met a girl, somehow related to me, but I couldn’t picture what she was doing in my neighborhood, since she stayed 10 kms away and it was the first time I saw her in my hood.


She must have been sent by witches as I come to think of it and she said to me “Your girlfriend has died of AIDS and you must go for a test immediately” and 18 years later I am fit as ever.

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Closure as pain lingers

March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...

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