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Air Botswana resumes flights to Harare
Air Botswana has resumed the Harare- Gaborone route in a development that is expected to boost business interactions and tourism sector in Southern Africa. This comes at the back of post COVID-1...Published: 21 May 2022 at 16:01hrs | 176 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Khama accusses Botswana Government of killing Prison Boss
Former Botswana President Ian Khama has accused the Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi leds government of being behind the death of former Commissioner of Prisons and Rehabilitation Colonel Silas Motlal...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:03hrs | 1024 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Botswana jails 3 Zimbabweans for rape, robbery
THREE Zimbabwean men are in Botswana's remand prison to answer robbery and rape charges.Desmond Khupe (19), Lucky Dube, (23) and Calvin Maphosa (43), who are all illegal migrants, were not ask...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:30hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Ian khama flees Botswana to South Africa?
Reports coming from Botswana indicate that former Botswana President Seretse Khama Ian Khama allegedly fled the neighbouring country after a court order for him to relinquish his weapons to the Direct...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 12:22hrs | 141 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Pathisa Nyathi, the forgetful man who reminds us about our heritage
"HELLO. I will be with you in a moment. I just want to finish this sentence," Pathisa Nyathi told a news crew that visited him at his home in Gwabalanda last week.Nyathi, who was seated in the...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:11hrs | 77 | by Staff Reporter
Oskido mourns his father Esaph Mdlongwa
South African based award winning artist Oskido has posted an obituary mourning his father Esaph Mdlongwa who passed away at Bulawayo's Mater Dei hospital on Thursday. ...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 10:22hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
FULL TEXT: Botswana President arrests journalists and opposition members
The Botswana Government wishes to draw the attention of the public to a grossly inaccurate and abusive spate of utterances carried by the South African private television station eNCA on 27" September...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 15:03hrs | | by Botswana Presidency
Xenophobia hits Mafikizolo concert
FOLLOWING the xenophobic attacks targeted at foreigners in South Africa, organisers of the Mafikizolo's Back in Town Concert yesterday called off the show that was scheduled for tomorrow at the Harare...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stephen Chifunyise dies aged 70
Playwright and culturalist Stephen Chifunyise died on Monday, friends said.He was 70.The former arts and culture ministry's permanent secretary founded Chipawo in the 1980s to identify...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 22:26hrs | 2546 | by ZimLive
Patrice Motsepe's sister detained in Zimbabwe
Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi's chief financier Bridget Motsepe, Tati East Member of Parliament Samson Guma Moyo and Prevailing Securities MD Shaduff Baitse were Saturday detained briefly and interrogated by...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 08:27hrs | 3474 | by Staff reporter
Motsepe fingered in plot against Botswana president, Zimbabwe foils it
Zimbabwean intelligence officers reportedly foiled a meeting by a Botswana politician, Dr Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi and her colleagues - including former President Seretse Khama Ian Khama - which sought ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:48hrs | 8729 | by Staff reporter
Botswana! The sinking of Africa's democracy basket
It was difficult to remain as silent when Africa's jewel of democracy took seat and comfort upon an imminent time bomb.The growing conflict between the most recent former president, Lt. Genera...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | 8400 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Soldiers deployed in Bulawayo to contain protests?
There are unconfirmed reports that members of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces were deployed in Bulawayo on Monday to assist anti-roit police contain the protest that brought business to a halt in the enti...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 09:10hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
House of Stone reflects on 'true' Gukurahundi events
THIRTY-ONE years since the signing of the Unity Accord, Gukurahundi remains unresolved, highly divisive and emotive - a scar on the conscience of the nation.Post-November 2017 when Zimbabwe un...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 10:19hrs | | by Butholezwe Kgosi Nyathi
WATCH: Chamisa meets Dabengwa
The MDC President Nelson Chamisa on Friday attended the launch of the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation in Bulawayo. The event was graced by struggle stalwarts including the wife of the late Nikita Mangena a...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 11:08hrs | 5503 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Masisi openly attacks Ian Khama in an unprecedented clash
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi has used his first state-of-the-nation address to openly attack his predecessor Ian Khama in an unprecedented clash in a country that prides itself on stability....Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 17:12hrs | 5503 | by AFP
Citizen Cabinet Ministers Unveiled
An Alteernative 16 member Cabinet was launched in the Capital Harare today. The Citizens Cabinet as it is called will play the primary role to shadow critic and offer alternative policy solutions to t...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 15:33hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean fake traditional doctors in trouble in Botswana
Broadhurst Chief Magistrate Faith Ngandu this week postponed judgment for three Zimbabwean men facing fraud charges.The three accused persons Tafara Chihwayi 43, Phillip Rusari 41 and Gift Chi...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Walter Nqabeni Mthimkhulu, legendary political activist and would-be hero (1940-2018)
This piece is being sent out on 14 August 2018, the last day of the long Heroes Day weekend of the year in Zimbabwe. This is barely two weeks after the country's critical presidential, parliamen...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 23:04hrs | 1417 | by Dr Strike Mkandla
The continuous aggression in the unmaking of African religion
African religion continues to suffer violence and aggression in the post-colonial era in the hands of its own target beneficiaries! (Matthew 11:12). And it is them that must rise and save it by force ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 15:58hrs | 1869 | by Reginald T. Gola
Bangwato in Zimbabwe seek repatriation
A short walk from Matsiloje village in north-eastern Botswana across the Ramokgwebana River into Zimbabwe leads to Mphoeng's Reserve. Though administratively in Zimbabwe the residents of the reserve a...Published: 06 May 2018 at 12:44hrs | 1517 | by Mmegi
Leroy Gopal is back on TV
FANS of South Africa-based Zimbabwean actor and voice artiste Leroy Gopal have definitely been starved of his acting as it has been a while since he last made an appearance on TV shows.That is...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Lost Kingdom - The rise and fall of the Kalanga Monarchy
As we celebrate the Golden Jubilee of our republic it may be noted that modern Botswana as a whole, and not just communities in the north-east, has its ancient Ikalanga roots.They run deep in ...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 11:11hrs | 6676 | by Jeff Ramsay
Oscar Pistorius hospitalised
Oscar Pistorius was taken to the Kalafong Hospital in Pretoria on Thursday morning.According to community newspaper Rekord East, Oscar was taken by ambulance to the casualty section after suff...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 14:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fake mourner sentenced to 18 months, 4 strokes on his bare bum
A bogus mourner who has been terrorising grieving families across the country this week pleaded guilty to a single count of obtaining by false pretences. Olebile Mothofela alias Kabel...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 11:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jah Prayzah currently shooting Sendekera video with Mafikizolo
SOUGHT-AFTER musician, Jah Prayzah left Harare for South Africa yesterday to shoot the video of Sendekera, a duet with popular South African duo, Mafikizolo.The audio version of the single...Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 12:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Oscar Pistorius on suicide watch
Jailed murderer Oscar Pistorius has been put on suicide watch following mysterious wrist injuries that landed him in hospital earlier this month, media reported yesterday.Prison officials ...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Agencies
ANC will rule until Jesus comes, Zuma says again
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has repeated his mantra that the ANC will rule until Jesus Christ returns, ...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 16:28hrs | 1794 | by Staff reporter
SA violence, murders about 'instant wealth'
Johannesburg - The violence that erupted in parts of Tshwane over the past week, the political killings in KwaZulu-Natal and the general unrest over leadership positions in the ANC all boiled down...Published: 27 Jun 2016 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwean bus robbed in South Africa
A SECOND Zimbabwean bus travelling to Johannesburg was on Thursday night attacked by three gunmen who stripped the passengers of money and cellphones between Polokwane and Mokopane towns. The Intercap...Published: 25 Jun 2016 at 09:28hrs | 6432 | by Thupeyo Muleya
Zimbabwe bus torched, passengers robbed in SA mob attack
A MOB allegedly burnt an Eagle Liner bus transporting 21 Zimbabweans from Bulawayo to Johannesburg in South Africa yesterday and robbed them of their valuables.The unruly crowd was allegedly p...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 06:59hrs | 2534 | by Thupeyo Muleya and Pamela Shumba
Thokolosi terrorishes Lepashe schoolgirls
Residents of the sleepy community of Lepashe are living in constant fear of an evil thokoloshi that continues to haunt a primary school in their small village.The Voice reported that rem...Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Amagugu International Heritage Centre host inaugural Traditional Food and Beverages Expo
Amagugu International Heritage Centre on Saturday hosted the inaugural Traditional Food and Beverages Expo according reports.Butholezwe Kgosi Nyathi posted on his Facebook wall that Amag...Published: 17 May 2016 at 06:43hrs | 2007 | by Stephen Jakes
Bristol based Africantunz Records & Promotions releases compilation album, Undiscovered Africa
Bristol based music label Africantunz Records & Promotions releases a compilation record showcasing the best in Afro Disco & African music. Owner of the company Tom Wardle has worked closely w...Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 16:48hrs | 2202 | by Entertainment Reporter
A Tuku dream come true
ZAMBIAN multi award-winning artiste Robert Banda aka Roberto of the "Amarula" fame, simply cannot wait to share the stage with Zimbabwean superstar Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi in Harare this Friday....Published: 13 Dec 2015 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man dumped for short penis gets lobola back
A jilted lover who recently demanded a lobola refund from his former fiancé left Matsiloje customary court a delighted man after the court ruled in his favour.About a month ago, Monei Leseted...Published: 15 Sep 2015 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA horrific accident victims named
THE Zimbabwe Consulate in South Africa has released the names of Zaoga band members based in South Africa who were killed in a road accident in Pretoria on Thursday morning. Moments of Praise ...Published: 22 Aug 2015 at 09:54hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Mugabe pokes fun at Khama
Outgoing SADC chairman, Robert Mugabe used his valedictory address to give a historical lesson, speaking on matters ranging from incoming chair, President Ian Khama's parentage, to a US$50,000 gift Zi...Published: 20 Aug 2015 at 12:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Student (21) in court for affair with 62-year old married man
A student at Palapye Vocational Training College in Botswana was this week dragged to Palapye customary court to answer to a charge of marriage wrecking.The Voice reported that Onalenna Debora...Published: 20 Aug 2015 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Free WiFi for Africa
After Alan Knott-Craig Jr left Mxit in 2012, the Free WiFi initiative he started with the Stellenbosch Municipality became an orphan. The Former MXit CEO decided to pick-up from where Mxit left ...Published: 03 Jun 2015 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean murderer escapes hangman's nose in Botswana
A man from Kezi village in Zimbabwe, who hacked his girlfriend's mother to death before attempting to kill his girlfriend, has escaped the hangman's noose.Trust Maposa (30) escaped hangin...Published: 19 Apr 2015 at 10:47hrs | 3643 | by Stephen Jakes
Botswana faces HIV crisis in prisons
A High Court landmark case in which a Zimbabwean HIV patient is challenging government's decision to refuse to provide HIV positive foreign inmates with ARVs despite a court order has sparked fear...Published: 19 Apr 2015 at 10:42hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Analysis of Zulu king's speech - Video
Contralesa President Kgosi Setlamorago Thobejane discusses King Goodwill Zwelithini's "Foreigners must go home" utterances. There has been speculation as to whether Zulu King's recent comm...Published: 16 Apr 2015 at 11:29hrs | 5331 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi exhibition removed at National Art Gallery
The controversial exhibition by Bulawayo visual artist Owen Maseko which was banned in 2010 at the National Art Gallery will be finally removed today.Maseko was arrested and faced charges of u...Published: 09 Apr 2015 at 09:09hrs | 3527 | by Thobekile Zhou
Kalawa Jazmee member arrested for alleged drunk driving
Pretoria - A member of a kwaito group has been arrested for drunken driving, Tshwane metro police said on Wednesday."We can confirm that we arrested a well-known musician last night to the ea...Published: 08 Apr 2015 at 11:03hrs | | by Adam Wakefield I The Juice
Mafikizolo jets into Zimbabwe today
South African music duo of Nhlanhla Nciza and Theo Kgosinkwe who are popularly known as Mafikizolo are expected to land in Harare at noon ahead of their "Lock Down" gig that is slated for Harare Inte...Published: 19 Dec 2014 at 06:58hrs | | by Brenda Phiri
Oscar Pistorius sentenced to 5 years in prison
Double amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to an effective 5 years in prison for the murder of his girl friend in February 2013.After a gruelling long trial Justice Thokozil...Published: 21 Oct 2014 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Villagers to petition Mugabe
Ndlovu villagers, whose area is located 30 kilometres from Victoria Falls, are set to present a petition to President Robert Mugabe after losing their communal land to a private contractor.As ...Published: 21 Oct 2014 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Jealous' man fatally stabbed in bar brawl
A Zimbabwean man based in Botswana lost his life in an altercation with a Motswana man who had mistaken his girlfriend for a prostitute.Mogami Dijo, told the Gaborone High Court that he di...Published: 28 Aug 2014 at 22:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man hanged upside down, bashed, privates squeezed with pliers
34-year-old Gabanakgosi Gaobuse from Garuele Village outside Kuruman, Northern Cape, SA, endured an hour of torture after he was grabbed by livestock farmers in the area....Published: 14 Apr 2014 at 21:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
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