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Gumbo set for big send off
WARRIORS and Highlanders legend Rahman Gumbo is expected to receive a big send off at his burial today at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo.Gumbo, who would have turned 60 today, died at a hos...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rahman Gumbo dies
While details are still sketchy, Gumbo is said to have suffered a heart attack at his home in Botswana in Palapye on Thursday in the presence of his son.He was ferried to hospital but hi...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 23:11hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Bosso striker appeals for medical assistance
BEDRIDDEN former Highlanders Football Club striker Patrick "Mboma" Mpofu, who has been unwell for some time with his condition deteriorating, is appealing for funds so that he gets medical assistance....Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Embassy rolls out documentation of Zimbabweans in Botswana
THE Zimbabwean Embassy in Botswana has joined hands with the neighbouring country's government to rollout a comprehensive documentation exercise for immigrants in order to regularise their stay and en...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man caged in Botswana
A Zimbabwean man, who stabbed his cheating wife on the thigh after he walked in on her while having sex with another man in their bedroom, got more than what he had bargained for after he was locked u...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:21hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Fake' Covid-19 tests: Hundreds of Zimbabweans stranded at border posts
HUNDREDS of Zimbabweans are stranded at the country's borders and neighboring South Africa and Botswana due to lack of credible Covid-19 test certificates and various documents.The stranded pe...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana lifts cross border travel restrictions
Botswana announced yesterday that it is re-opening some of its borders to passenger traffic from December 1. This comes a few weeks after Zimbabwe's Cabinet approved the gradual re-opening of its land...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ian Khama to be charged with treason
Former Botswana President seretse Khama Ian Khama will be tried for treason soon a prominent Prophet has prophesied. South African based leader of Imperial City Church Prophet Isaiah Brian Sov...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 20:43hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ian Khama, Masisi feud hits alarming levels - Coup possible in Botswana?
Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi sanctioned an impromptu meeting yesterday - dubbed a "special conference" - at the height of disunity within the ruling Botswana Democratic Party.He begg...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 14:44hrs | 26 | by City Press
Ex-Bosso player on his war exploits in Gwanda
Joko Thodlana, whose pseudonym was Hughes Mhondoro had sets his sights into turning into a football star, playing for his dream team, Bulawayo giants, Highlanders Football Club.However, the ca...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man killed in Botswana
PALAPYE: Two young men, aged 19 and 20, in Botswana were remanded in police custody last Friday on suspicion of killing a Zimbabwean male aged 30-years whose corpse was found buried near in Mahalapye....Published: 23 Dec 2017 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Tensions run high after Zimbabwean woman kills shop manager in Botswana
BOSTWANA - Tensions are running high amongst locals and Zimbabweans here, after a Zimbabwean woman allegedly stabbed a male manager to death at PR Cash and Carry during a botched shoplifting.T...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 12:49hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Rodolfo Zapata returns to Botswana
Following several weeks of uncertainty over his return for the new season, Gaborone United's Argentine coach Rodolfo Zapata has finally resumed his duties, Gazette Sport can reveal.Former ...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former Zebras goalkeepers arrested for drugs
Two former Botswana national football team goalkeepers were last week arrested in Palapye in connection to possession of a suspected illegal drug.Mmegi reported that the ex-Zebras players spen...Published: 17 Jun 2016 at 13:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Six in court for possession of dagga
A gang of six people charged with possession of dagga appeared at Palapye court in Botswana but their case was postponed after a defence lawyer withdrew from representing them.Mmegi reported t...Published: 31 May 2016 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Youth drug addicts use own faeces to make drugs
During a recent drug and alcohol abuse awareness campaign in Palapye, Captive Eye Organisation CEO, Percy Mothibi said while marijuana and cocaine were the two most popular drugs among youths, addicts...Published: 11 Apr 2016 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bogus Prophet Magaya agents on the prowl in Botswana
Several followers of the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries’ founder, Prophet Walter Magaya have fallen victims to criminals masquerading as his agents in Botswana to obtain ca...Published: 10 Apr 2016 at 11:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man gets 10 years for motor vehicle theft
Chief Magistrate Rebecca Motsamai has slapped 27-year-old Dipone Maswabi with a 10-year imprisonment sentence for motor vehicle theft.Mmegi reported that during sentencing, Motsamai said she c...Published: 16 Feb 2016 at 12:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean donkey rapist in Botswana denied bail
A Zimbabwean man who was thrown in jail in September last year for allegedly engaging in sex with a donkey had his prison remand extended by a Palapye magistrates court. Decent Vee Mulilo...Published: 08 Jan 2016 at 06:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Robbery suspect urinates in court
A suspect in a Sefalana robbery case allegedly stunned a Palapye Magistrate's court when he stood up and urinated in the dock.The Voice reported that while his alleged partner in crime, Gofaon...Published: 07 Dec 2015 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Armed robbery suspect tells magistrate that she is evil
A suspected Sefalana armed robber who on Monday told Palapye Chief Magistrate Setlhogile Motsamai that she is evil repeated his attack yesterday as he said the Court staff were all related."We...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 08:58hrs | 2 | 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
Zimbo Jailed illegal immigrant in Botswana demands freedom
An illegal immigrant, who allegedly beat an old woman and left her for the dead, has demanded to be freed from jail.Martin Sibanda (26) from Zimbabwe told Palapye Magistrate Gofaone Mosweu...Published: 12 Apr 2015 at 11:44hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mass funeral for 9 Botswana accident victims
THERE will be a mass funeral service for nine of the 11 people who died in a road accident involving a Ford Ranger truck in Botswana who will be buried on the same day. The 18 people, all from...Published: 16 Jan 2015 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Ford Ranger which killed 11 people in Botswana - Picture
11 Zimbabweans were killed when the Ford Ranger they were travelling in hit a donkey and rammed into a tree in Botswana. Eight of the deceased are from Malila village in Tsholotsho under chief Gamp...Published: 14 Jan 2015 at 18:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana accident victims named
EIGHT of the 11 Zimbabweans who were killed when a kombi they were travelling in hit a donkey and rammed into a tree in Botswana have been identified. All the eight are from Malila village in Tsholots...Published: 14 Jan 2015 at 06:45hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
11 Zimbabweans die in Botswana crash
ELEVEN Zimbabweans were killed, while seven others escaped with severe injuries after their South Africa-bound minibus hit a donkey and then rammed a tree, Botswana police said yesterday.Assis...Published: 13 Jan 2015 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Ian Khama fires Zimbabwean magistrate
BOTSWANA President Ian Khama has fired a Zimbabwean national Austin Sibanda who was a senior magistrate at a Mahalapye court after he refused to be transferred to Gaborone.Sibanda was dismiss...Published: 06 Apr 2014 at 11:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zim's condemned bottled water selling in Botswana
Bottled water which was recently condemned as unfit for human consumption, has found its way into Botswana's market where reports say it goes for between 6 and 7 pula per bottle.Zimbabwe's Gov...Published: 28 Apr 2013 at 09:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stolen Botswana car found in Zimbabwe
A Toyota Corolla that was reported stolen in Botswana's Selebi-Phikwe town at the beginning of last month has been recovered in Zimbabwe. Selebi-Phikwe CID boss, Assistant Superintendent, Marv...Published: 02 Mar 2013 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
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