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Mugabe Falls

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday missed a step and tumbled down the podium shortly after addressing hundreds of Zanu PF supporters at Harare International Airport, sending his security team and...

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Luck for hungry man

  Man protesting CEDA receives free lawyer A Francistown lawyer and politician Morgan Moseki has offered free legal representation to a man charged with common nuisance after staging a hunger strike to...

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Armed and dangerous

  Police launch manhunt for four carjackers Francistown police have launched a manhunt for four (4) suspected carjackers who shot and killed a 29-year-old woman and stole her boyfriend’s Isuzu bakkie...

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Chess title remains home

  Local Fide Master (FM) Thato Olebile ensured that the open section gold medal and trophy remains home with an unexpected victory at this weekend’s Airfficiency Year Opener Chess Tournament. The...

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Tawana visits Kgafela

  Kgosi Tawana Moremi of Batawana together with his Royal Regiment Matsaakgang will attend this year’s Royal Bafokeng Financial Year event which will be hosted in Rustenburg on the 26th of this month....

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Beyond positive

  Retired AIDS activist speaks out on life after the HIV+ hype The first case of HIV/ AIDS was reported in Botswana in 1985. This ushered in an era of rising HIV/AIDS statistics and an avalanche of...

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Burundian refugee convicted for rape

  Francistown Magistrate Court has convicted a 47-year-old Burundian refugee for raping a security guard at the Dukwi Refugee camp toilets. Jacob Gumira who is a former Education Liaison Officer was...

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Cigarette Smoking is Wack

Three teenagers who joined the “Most Teens Don’t Smoke” movement  have expressed how proud they were to be part of a campaign that discourages teenagers from indulging in the bad habit of smoking...

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Kgathi in trouble

  Opposition MPs bring parliament to standstill Opposition Members of Parliament forced Deputy Speaker Kagiso Molatlhegi to adjourn parliament for ten minutes on Wednesday afternoon to protect Defence...

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The rot among school kids

  On Friday afternoon, at some bus stop in Mochudi, Voice cartoonist Lesole Ntshole eavesdropped on a conversation between pedestrians who expressed their impatience while waiting for a combi to Bokaa....

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Rollers clinch eyewear deal

  BeMobile Premier League defending champions Township Rollers last Sunday signed an exciting new deal with BONA Vision Care. BONA gave the club eyewear valued at P50 000 with players and members of...

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BAA goes for elections

  Electing a new executive committee will top the agenda at the Botswana Athletics Association’s annual general meeting in Mogoditshane tomorrow (Saturday). BAA has been running under an interim...

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Crown celebrates 50 years

  Botswana Crown Director Stephen Goulding has said records management and archiving is important because it is sometimes hard to identify and retain information. Goulding said this at Crown’s 50th...

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Left in the lurch

  Diamond company shuts down, leaves 350 workers jobless Over 350 Teemane Manufacturing Company (TMC) worker in Serowe have been left in the lurch after they reported for work only to be told the...

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Facing the axe

  Nico and Satmos fight to survive relegation All roads lead to Selibe Phikwe stadium where the battle for supremacy of the mining town is between Nico United and FC Satmos. The two clubs meet in the...

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FNB Seminar Unpacks Budget Speech

First National Bank of Botswana (FNBB) this week brought together stakeholders from both the private and public sector for participation in the analysis and unpacking of the 2015/2016 National Budget...

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JAIL’S BEST FRIEND- Serial rapist convicted on more counts of rape

An inmate who is currently serving 10 years for raping a minor, has been convicted again on more counts of rape, assault and robbery. Palapye Chief Magistrate Motsamai heard that Godiraone Bofetile...

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I didn’t say it

  Al Nur Principal denies racial slur in drowning incident The principal of Al Nur School in Gaborone has denied making racial remarks against a 6-year-old boy who drowned in his swimming pool last...

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ATI denies link with satanism

  Popular artist, Atasaone Molemogi, also known as ATI in the music industry has refuted claims that he is opening a Satanism church with his fan, Raymond Gaonakgang. ATI said he was aware of people...

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Batswana in poverty trap

  The Leader of the Opposition Duma Boko has said Batswana in poverty traps because young people have been pushed into joblessness by years of jobless growth. Responding to the Finance Minister Kenneth...

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