PRESS RELEASE: The Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) Botswana and the Ramotswa District Council have entered into a landmark partnership that promises to transform environmental management, youth empowerment and sustainable development across the district.
Village Senior Magistrate Tshepo Thedi has granted bail to ABSA call centre manager Tebogo Nthibo, 32, who is accused of swindling a customer out of P702,036.07 alongside his co-accused Leatile Motshabi, 35. The two are granted bail at P10,000 each.
Four men facing a murder charge , after they fatally assaulted a man they accused of stealing their phone were granted bail this morning.
Canadian minerals firm, Tsodilo Resources, reports that it has discovered “significant critical minerals and rare earth element mineralisation” in its prospecting licence in north-western Botswana.
Former Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) secretary general, Legojane Kebaitse has made a comeback to the athletics body. Kebaitse returns to take up a role as manager-sport administration effective January 5, 2026.
The Village Magistrate Court has dismissed a preliminary objection raised by accused persons in the ‘ABSA fraud matter’, ruling that the charge sheet, though imperfect, sufficiently identifies the offence alleged and is not vague as argued by the defence.
With the new Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government now in charge, sources claim the recent publicised cases involving former ministers Lefoko Moagi and Kefentse Mzwinila are only the beginning of big things to come.
If the contents of an affidavit by the lead investigator into corruption allegations by former Cabinet Minister Dr Kefentse Mzwinila, his wife Bridget Mzwinila and their companies are anything to go by, the Mzwinilas used hard cash to build an empire made of high-end farms, raising suspicion of possible corruption and money laundering.
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Ramogapi & Co should clear the Bonno confusion
According to a report elsewhere in this publication, various district councils announced that a one-bedroom home now costs over P130,000 more, a near-unthinkable 32% increase. This isn't just a minor adjustment, but a devastating blow to the dream of affordable home ownership for ordinary citizens.What is most alarming is not just the scale of the increase, but the profound confusion it has exposed. Minister Ramogapi has publicly...