Jwaneng half marathon for charity
Sports Entertainment would this Sunday host its first Jwaneng half marathon. The marathon is divided into three categories being the 21km, 10km and 4km fun race. The starting points would be at...
View ArticlePolice officers jailed for receiving P200 bribe
Two police officers have been sentenced to three years in jail for soliciting a P200 bribe from a driver who did not want to be breathalysed. Maun Magistrate Clifford Foroma sentenced the two traffic...
View ArticleHave you seen this woman?
Police in Francistown are appealing to members of the public to help them find Segolame Hubona (23) who went missing last Thursday. According her sister Kopano Hubona (27), her sibling left Nyangabwe...
View ArticleSick cop rapes girls 7 and 9 after forcing them to watch porn
High court upholds 15- year jail term for sex pervert The Francistown High Court has shown no mercy to a former police officer found guilty of molesting two young girls at his police quarters in...
View ArticleNo sex no job
Maun Korean businessman accused of sexual harassment A 61- year Korean man who owns a number of businesses in Maun including Airport Hotel and Centre lodge, Seung Ki Cho better known as Mr. Cho is...
View ArticleNever trust a politician
BDP campaign manager gives party a bad name after using campaign vehicle to carry out a series of thefts The popular belief that politicians cannot be trusted was graphically confirmed when a BDP...
View ArticleSoldier kills passenger and dumps body in the bush
Passenger had demanded his P10 change A Botswana Defence Force (BDF) soldier who ran over and killed a disgruntled passenger before dumping the body in the bush is in police custody facing murder...
View ArticleFormer BDC GM sues newspaper
The case in which former Botswana Development Cooperation (BDC) General Manager for Business Development Sametsi Ditshupo is suing Mmegi P1 million for defamation was before the Gaborone High Court...
View ArticleBotswana defies AU call to lift travel ban on Ebola affected countries
Botswana’s position not to allow people from Ebola affected countries into the country still stands, the minister of Health John Seakgosing has announced. This is in defiance to the African Union...
View ArticleOutsa Mokone freed
The Sunday Standard Editor, Outsa Mokone, was on Tuesday released from police custody after he was arrested and detained on a possible charge of sedition . When news of his arrest broke on Tuesday...
View ArticleBOFEPUSU condemns Mokone’s arrest
The Botswana Federation of Public Sector Trade Unions (BOFEPUSU) has condemned in the strongest terms the unlawful arrest and detention of the Sunday Standard Editor, Outsa Mokone. The union’s top...
View ArticleRollers roll over Chiefs
Following their 1-0 loss to beMobile premier league defending champions at the National Stadium over the weekend, Mochudi Centre Chiefs coach has promised to put an end to rollers’ dominance. Speaking...
View ArticleChickens are coming home
BCP and BDP in war of words in Boteti East Mokubilo/Mmeya ward Botswana Democratic Party Council candidate Resetse Phankgi has asked voters to chose chickens, goats and Ipelegeng by voting back the...
View ArticleMan jailed for stabbing baby, 7, on the head
Police have arrested a 41-year-old man who allegedly stabbed his former girlfriend’s 7-month-old baby on the head in a brawl with his ex lover. District No.5 Officer Commanding Senior Superintendent...
View ArticleTeachers, students locked in by angry guards
There was drama at Molefe Primary School and Letsholo Primary School in Kopong last week when teachers and students were locked in by angry Crusade Security Services guards who protested unpaid...
View ArticleFired
Controversial book on Khama costs lecturer his job A Francistown lecturer found himself unemployed after he allegedly published a book critical of President Seretse Khama Ian Khama’s regime. The...
View ArticleSuspected state agents unleash terror on opposition parties
Fear has heightened among opposition politicians around the country following a brutal attack of a Botswana Congress Party (BCP) politician by suspected DIS agents last weekend. Council Candidate for...
View ArticleIntern accused of murder denied bail
A 25-year old intern who allegedly murdered his ABM College lover last Thursday has been denied bail. Letlhogile Lenkokame who was an intern at the Monarch post office in Francistown allegedly...
View ArticleMotswana youth flies to the US for summit
21-year-old Pato Kelesitse will fly to New York on Tuesday for the United Nations (UN) Climate summit. She is one of the eight (8) young people chosen from thousands across the globe to represent the...
View ArticleFugitive Kenyan to be extradited to Lesotho
A Kenyan man who allegedly raped a teenage girl in Lesotho before escaping to Botswana is awaiting extradition to face the full weight of the law. Benedict Odhiambo was arrested on June 16 by...
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