Govt to recover P9million from fake employees
Government has vowed to recover P9 million that has been paid to ghost employees since 2006. The revelation that govt. has been paying monthly salaries to 52 Ghost employees for nine years came to...
View ArticleHIV infections on the rise
Botswana has registered about 320,000 cases of HIV infection until 2013, the United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) has said. An enquiry by The Voice to the Ministry of Health on HIV/AIDS...
View ArticleSex in the church
On Friday evening, Voice cartoonist Lesole Ntshole overhead a raging conversation in a combi heading to Morwa from Mochudi. The conversation was started by a woman after reading a story titled “sex...
View ArticleThe foot of God
BDF XI and Rollers need a miracle win to progress in CAF Township Rollers and BDF XI need the foot of God to progress the next stage of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after an...
View ArticleTB still the worst killer
“We cannot win the battle against AIDS if we do not also fight TB. TB is too often a death sentence for people with AIDS.” It was with these simple but powerful words that Nelson Mandela began his...
View ArticleBICA goes to the people
Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) Chief Executive Officer Verily Molatedi says interaction between BICA members and the executive is a worthwhile exercise that needs to be done as...
View ArticleBFA and Masters Part Ways
Controversial Botswana Football Association (BFA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Keith Masters, has had his contract terminated. The three-year contract that was signed in February 2013 was cut short...
View ArticleRollers Shift Focus to League Title
Township Rollers now have their eyes set on the beMobile Premier League title and the Mascom Top 8 after they bowed out of the CAF competition over the weekend. Rollers were edged out of the race for...
View ArticleBotswana Included In Guinness HIV Testing Record
Botswana, Tanzania and South Africa have now been collectively confirmed by Guinness World Record as having recently set the new record of Most People being tested for HIV in Multi-Venues in 8 hours....
View ArticleAISEC YOUTH TO BUSINESS FORUM 2015
If you’ve always wanted to voice your concerns about the direction that Business in Botswana is heading you have the opportunity to tell Business representatives exactly what you believe they need to...
View ArticlePensioner protest land takeover
A pensioner in Ledumadumane is fighting tooth and nail to retain his land in Ledumadumane near Block 8 in Gaborone after the Innovation Hub fenced in his yard. 64-year-old Modise Motshoge (64) owns a...
View ArticleGranny, 88, killed
An 88-year-old granny, who was on Sunday afternoon attacked by unknown assailants at Bosulana lands near Mathangwane village, has died. Tatitown Police Station Commander Superintendent Cyprian...
View ArticleFatal injection
Dangerous Nurse injects patients with one syringe In this era, sharing a needle is a matter of life and death and a nurse of all people should know better. But three patients in the Okavango delta...
View ArticleJailed for poisoning lover
A spurned lover who attempted to kill her ex-boyfriend by poisoning has been jailed. Matshidiso Tshubang, 26, was last week (Friday 27) sentenced to five years imprisonment after the Maun magistrate...
View ArticleBotswana prepares for 50th anniversary
Events that marks a build up to the country’s 50th Independence anniversary were last week held in Lobatse and the Sir Seretse Khama Barracks auditorium at the weekend. The events marked 579 days to...
View ArticlePatients condemn doctor
Irate patients caused a scene at Sekgoma Memorial Hospital in Serowe last week when a doctor who arrived hours late only helped a few patients before disappearing again. After waiting for more than...
View ArticleNew house for granny
Grandmother Ketholetswe Makhwanye finally has decent accommodation thanks to Gareitire Social Club and some business houses in Francistown including The Voice newspaper. The two bedroom house, valued...
View ArticleSwansea sponsors LKC rugby team
Swansea University from the United Kingdom unveiled its Livingstone Kolobeng College (LKC) Rugby team technical sponsorship in Gaborone last Friday. The Jaguars as they are affectionately known are...
View ArticleLucky escape
A Zimbabwean illegal immigrant on Monday escape a jail term when he was fined P2, 500 for possession of dagga and illegally entering the country. 29-year-old Eric Tayi from Kezi near Bulawayo was...
View ArticleMan killed by train
The death of a 38-year-old man in Phitshane who was hit and killed by a train last Thursday morning has shocked the villagers. Tshotlego Kesoketswe (38) was run over by a goods train heading to...
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