AMOS RECEIVES A BOOST
SPECIAL TALENT: Amos Botswana’s 400m Olympic Silver medalist Nijel Amos is the latest local athlete to benefit from the Olympic Solidarity Athlete Support grant. The scholarship covers both sports and...
View ArticleCOPS BUST ALLEGED DAGGA ‘QUEEN’
COPS BUST ALLEGED DAGGA ‘QUEEN’ ZIMBABWEAN WOMAN FOUND IN POSSESSION OF ‘SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT’ OF THE DRUG A Zimbabwean woman suspected of dealing in dagga has been denied bail after being caught with...
View ArticleTILL DEATH DO US PART
LAID TO REST:Kapolelo and Gaoduelwe (insert) A jealous boyfriend who had qualms about his girlfriend getting married to her ex-boyfriend and father to her child shot her dead before turning the barrel...
View ArticleD-DAY FOR ACCUSED KILLER DAD
AWAITING HIS FATE: Thebe Ndjavera A 22-year-old father, accused of brutally killing his two biological minor daughters, is expected to hear his fate over bail today (Friday) in the Francistown...
View ArticleJESUS MY ‘LOVER’
Dubani-wa-Dubani on Monday eavesdropped on this conversation whilst hitching a ride at Naledi Motors Francistown. Black Hat: (to another who has just alight taxi) Greet me girl. You and your load;...
View ArticleRETURN OF THE LEGEND
SOOTHING SOUNDS: Vintage Gwangwa on stage Jonas Gwangwa is one of the most successful South African musicians of his generation. He is among a crop of successful SA artist who at one point dominated...
View ArticleSTRAIGHT TALK
LINES OF COMMUNICATION: Front from left to right)Gaogalelwe Catherine Mlamb(21), TshidisoKgano(30), LesediLetina(30), Senwelo Ester Ramathaba. Back row: KagisoMotshegwa (23) AcirfaBoipusoMothoosele...
View ArticleBURNT OUT
Nono’s-burnt-house JAZZ STAR NONO LEFT HOMELESS AFTER LOVER TORCHES HER HOUSE TO ASHES Local jazz sensation NonoSiile was left homeless and without possessionson Monday night after her boyfriend of...
View ArticleKARATE KID KICKS ASS
THE SMILING ASSASSIN: Oratile Caiphus Botswana’s original Karate Kid Oratile Caiphus has three words of advice for aspiring karatekas. Don’t eat chilli. “It kills your stamina,” he warns. Twenty-four...
View ArticleTHE CHINESE QUESTION
Tsholofelo Mhapa KHAMA’S ‘ CROWD US OUT’ REMARKS SPARK MIXED REACTIONS President Ian Khama recently and attracted international media attention with his controversial remarks on Chinese investments in...
View ArticleCHARITY CUP LAUNCHED
Kabelano Trust Chairman Terrence Dambe receiving cheque from Ministerof Sports Youth and Culture, Shaw Kgathi and Barclays Acting ManagingDirector Aupa Monyatsi. This week Barclays Bank of Botswana...
View ArticleTWO SENIOR DCEC OFFICERS SUSPENDED
Two senior officers at the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime based in Maun have been suspended pending investigations of bribery and corruption. A high ranking official involved in the...
View ArticleTHE WORTH OF A WOMAN
Two weeks ago this publication reported on a woman who was stabbed by her boyfriend for refusing to satisfy his sexual desires because she was tired. Voice reporter happened to join the company of two...
View ArticleSUSPECTED ORAL SEX RAPISTS IN COURT
RAPIST: Moitse Nkgogelang Two Zimbabwean men charged with raping a 19- year-old Francistown teenager allegedly forced her to perform oral sex first. Kudakwashe Masawi (27) and James Donga (31) from...
View ArticleNICO ON TOP
STALEMATE: Action between Ecco and Nico Nico United has frog leaped early league pacesetters Mochudi Centre Chiefs and are now leading the log for the first time, even though it could last for just 10...
View ArticleDIAMOND-STUDDED BAILOUT FOR CASH-STRAPPED DIV ONE TEAMS
ROLE MODELS: Showing off sample kits at the launch For the past seven years Tonota FC chairman MaokanengBontshetsehas been running thesoccer team from his own pocket. But now he hopes those days are...
View ArticleSIX APPEAL
DERBY DOUBLE: Mathumo shields the ball from GU’s Moeng in last years semi HALF A DOZEN REASONS WHY CHIEFS MIGHT FEAR BDF XI Chiefs will hope that six ain’t nothing but a number when they face the BDF...
View ArticleTERROR SQUAD ON THE LOOSE
ANGRY: Komane THAMAGA VILLAGE THUGS STRIKE FEAR IN BAR PATRONS Unsuspecting patrons at Lovers Paradise bar in Thamaga ran for dear life last weekend in Thamaga when a group of unruly youths attacked...
View ArticleRAPIST LOCKED AWAY FOR 20 YEARS
A 32- year-old convicted rapist from Boseja ward in Maun was this week sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for raping his two cousins. The court found him guilty on the evidence that On the 19th of...
View ArticleNIGERIA RUN BOTSWANA RAGGED
LEARNING CURVE: Botswana National team Oladotun Olatungi scored his second century of the tournament to help Nigeria record a 171-run victory over hosts, Botswana, in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League...
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