A 15-year-old boy reportedly committed suicide last Thursday after his mother rebuked him for bringing a girlfriend home. The teenager, a Form 3 student at Motswakhumo Junior School, did not leave any suicide note but was found hanging from the rafters of the house at around 11am. Molepolole police Station Commander, Superintendent Benedict Matlho, confirmed […]
A 16-year-old Molepolole boy accused of killing his elder brother appeared before Molepolole Magistrates’ Court this week amid scenes of anguish and disappointment. Since the boy is under age the case was held in camera, only the relatives and police officers were allowed in court. The accused is alleged to have stabbed to death his […]
Police have confirmed the death of a 9-year-old girl suspected to have accidentally throttled herself with a swing string at Molepolole’s Lesetlheng ward last Friday. Molepolole Police Station Commander, Superintendent Benedict Matlho, said they were still trying to establish what transpired after the young girl was found hanging from the tree where the makeshift swing […]
A 16-year-old schoolboy who was shot and injured while stealing electric cables in Molepolole on Sunday is recovering at Princess Marina Referral Hospital in Gaborone. The 76-year-old man who shot and broke the teenager’s leg said that he had decided to guard his property with a gun after some of the electric cables he had […]