The state has informed the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary Arbitrary Executions that the police have concluded a case in which businessman and former President Ian Khama associate, Evangelist Shadrack Baaitse had reported that the Directorate of Intelligence Service (DIS) wants to kill him.
Botswana economy is registering growth as the country emerges from one of its worsts economic recessions since independence, following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
Following the government’s contentious response to the United Nations Special Rapporteur for extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (UNSR), businessman, Shadrack Baaitse has countered the information concerning his matters though a letter to the UNSR in which he details what he terms a string of lies by Minister Dr Lemogang Kwape.
A two-year-old girl in Loologane village in Kweneng District has died gasping for air as she choked to death on a sour plum berry (moretologa). Sojwe Police Station Commander, Superintendent Kitsiso Lemogang said the incident happened when the mother had taken the girl’s younger sibling to the clinic. “It is suspected that the girl’s elder […]
A weekend of fun and entertainment at Ratshere lands in Kweneng District turned tragic on Saturday (December 4th) after a 20-year-old man allegedly stabbed his girlfriend to death. Prior to the tragic stabbing, the accused Odirile Sholo Seboro from Lekgwapheng ward, Molepolole had apparently been embibing alcohol and enjoying the evening with his victim, 23-year-old […]