
Phatshwane earns first ranking points
Botswana's rising tennis star, Tinashe Phatshwane, registered his first ranking points during the just ended ITF World Tennis Tour J30 held at the National Tennis Centre in Gaborone.
Botswana's rising tennis star, Tinashe Phatshwane, registered his first ranking points during the just ended ITF World Tennis Tour J30 held at the National Tennis Centre in Gaborone.
The Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) says it will intensify physical searches at all commercial border posts and international airports in response to rising levels of smuggling at points of entry.
President Duma Boko has been named one of the leaders on the Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2025 list, being recognised for leading the seismic change last year that brought Botswana’s first change in political power since Independence in 1966.
The family of Mmegi and The Monitor is mourning the fall of a dedicated journalist in Lebogang Law Mosikare whose painful passing was announced yesterday by his family after a short illness. Below, colleagues reminisce about their interactions with the former Francistown-based journo who will sorely be missed by colleagues across the fraternity
The Mogoditshane Magistrates' Court has slapped a 32-year-old young man with 18 years for sexually violating a 54-year-old woman.
Mogoditshane Magistrate's Court has convicted Onkabetse Mokgosi for a single count of rape after it was proven by the prosecution that he sexually assaulted his girlfriend’s niece who was doing Form 3 at the time.
‘A dog from the neighbouring houses ended up finding the disposed body and ate part of it. Afterwards, it dragged the remains to its owner's house,’ are part of sentence of a 28 year young mother accused of abortion.
The Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) has vowed to not only meet its P60.5 billion collection target for the current financial year, but even surpass it despite the tighter conditions in the economy.
Mr President, we hear you, but...
His take is that Members of Parliament (MPs) should be taking proactive steps to ask relevant Ministers questions outside Parliament and duly get their answers on the spot. That sounds great Mr President.But, considering that legislators serve the people, they will always find it suitable to raise questions in the August House fully knowing that their constituents are watching and listening. As a former MP yourself, Mr President, you know fully...