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BURNT DOWN: Grain storage structure

A 57–year- old man from Maitengwe village has been thrown behind bars for attacking his wife with clenched fist before setting their huts on fire.
Thaa Tafa allegedly went out of control on Monday evening and attacked his wife right in front of their children. The accused man’s children tried in vain to restrain their father until neighbours who were alerted by the woman’s scream came to her rescue.
Tafa who was said to be behaving like a possessed animal allegedly revealed that he was going to burn down all the houses in the yard.
He then allegedly produced a matchbox, streaked a match and torched the family huts, and a grain storage structure. Tafa’s children and neighbours managed to put down the fire on the huts but the fire consumed the grain storage with everything inside.
Tafa’s son told The Voice that his father also threatened to attack them with a knobkerrie, accusing them of interrupting him from accomplishing his mission. “He just came and started harassing our mother, before assaulting her. After people managed to open the house to free her, he armed himself with a knobkerrie and threatened to attack us,” the boy said

CHARGED: Tafa at the police

Detective Assistant Superintendent Obesitswe Batsima of Tutume police confirmed the incident and revealed that Tafa was being held as a suspect.  He added that the accused man’s wife was treated for minor injuries and released from hospital.
“We are currently investigating the man in connection with the structure which was burnt in his home,” Batsima said adding that Tafa would be taken before court this week for possible charges of arson and malicious damage to property.

42 Responses to “MAN ASSUALTS WIFE, BURNS HOME”

  1. KUKA NTSHU July 30, 2010

    motho wabo Tafa fa o tshuba thobo jaana bana ba sala ba ja eng ka wena o ya go ja kgolegelong!!

  2. Raleragwana July 30, 2010

    Motho yo wa lona yo gatwe Thaa kana The voice ga ya kwala sentle.Mosadi wa ga Thaa ke kopa o motime dijo a ye go ja segau se sa gagwe.Naare bolwetse ba bo tlhasetseng bomdala bo ka alafiwa ka eng?

  3. mbudzana July 30, 2010

    people are craze,they are running out of ideas this days

  4. Dolisto July 30, 2010

    O tlhoka Jeso tafa.

  5. Lesego Patricia July 30, 2010

    E le gore o akanya gore go tsile go jewa eng MR.Ao bathong morago ga tiro ee kana,go lema le go roba thats curse!!!!!!!!

  6. jacob moseki July 30, 2010

    this people are giving us bakalaka a bad name

  7. Ke gore bo Tafa ba tsofala le ditlhaloganyo,gona le gore a siele bana boswa ene o tshuba mantlo? Ke mathata e le ruri!

  8. o tshwanetse a bo a ratana mfana yo wa itse. O kgotshe jarata

  9. Derrick A.K.A Mderro July 30, 2010

    Se a bo se go a lotse small house , fa o goroga ka go bolotsa ntwa ko lwapeng jaana ?. Mr setshabele bankane ba gago mo mosading , bana ba tsile go ja eng ne mfethu kana wena o isa kgoro ko zanting , o reke vasslin ba go emetse bankane ba gago ko zanting . Bra o ya go jewa ke batho my boy .

  10. Bathong, le eleng tlhoko bomme? Ba dirang borre tota. Se ka batlwa se ka bonwa. Le lona borre tswee-tswee go lwantsha ga se gone. Ntwa kgolo ke ya molomo. Bona gore jaanong le tsentse bana mo nthagarageng ya lona.

  11. hope you ve plan B Mrena.

  12. whoeva July 31, 2010

    tota mme a motho watle a bidiwe thaa tafa,ke raya fa lo akanya bagaetsho

  13. Ao shames, ele gore mathata ene ele eng bra Thaa. Banna wee ako re nneng re leka go bua mathata a rona le ditsala tsa rona kgotsa mongwe hela to prevent such incidents from happening.

  14. D.G.K oa Morata-Khama August 2, 2010

    Go a te go nne go twe baya pelo mme le wena nako tse dongwe o ka ba wa lebala gore o e beile ha kae. Se teng se se neng se tenne mdala yo. Ke a go bolelela.

  15. Motho wa bo thaa fa go sena se a se fang bana o gopola go dira molato go ya toronkong. kana o tuetse torokong ke ko ga gagwe. di vaslin o a di itse. go telwa ene tsone. 15 years prison experience nd he is used to it. 100% qualified if it was a job. i miz prison like crazy.

  16. Motho wa bo thaa fa go sena se a se fang bana o gopola go dira molato go ya toronkong. kana o tuetse torokong ke ko ga gagwe. di vaslin o a di itse. go telwa ene tsone. 15 years prison experience nd he is used to it. 100% qualified if it was a job. he miz prison like crazy.

  17. Diasater AKA DUDA August 2, 2010

    Mdero kgalema dalasi e bata skwete.Ao batatengulu mo gangisiwa nene whale mo shaka ntewa.O kae marinate mderwana,ba tsoga ko kasy.

  18. Ao! tafa mfe2 chill down selo ke dipuisanyo ga o kae wa dira jalo, o batla gore bana ba ithuteng mogo wena u re old enough, u should deal with ur problems and comeup wth solut….,don’t fight tafisoo…letlalo ke wena!!!!

  19. sokologang August 3, 2010

    heish’mare mo ke mathata, ne o ta wakantse ene ne mogolo.Gaeno ke ko matamong,wa go ta o le modala.

  20. e le gore ke go tenega mo go ntse jang ne mdala mo o ka namang o ja matlo ka molelo!!!!!!!!!!!

  21. mioskey August 3, 2010

    thaa wa lwala waitse, sale ka bona leina la gagwe nna ebile kare gongwe ga lea felela.se-THAA-kana-tlhogo selo se.

  22. lesa ntwa. bata yo mongwe

  23. viciouslicious August 4, 2010

    the voice,facts pliz,go ne gorileng gore thaa a helele a dirile jaana? 5w’s + 1h plizzzz

  24. Rre Thaa Tafa o itse se a se lwelang gona le ko a intshang bodutu teng ga gona motho yo ka tlang a hlasela mosadi le bana a boe a ba threaten go ba thuba dihlogo ka molamu Tafa bua fela rra mosadi a go golle,,,ke raa fela fa o tshuba thobo bana ba tsile go bonwa emang,,,ija dilo tsa Botswana…Modimo retologela kwano Batswaneng o re itshwarele dibe tsa rona kea rapela AMEN!

  25. TWINKIE August 4, 2010

    Thaa o tshameka maswe ka matches le diatla tsa gago….bana ba tlile go ja mabogo a dijesi.

  26. letswai nameng August 4, 2010

    ijoo nna ke o tlhoka ke o rwele bagaetsho..la re motho yo wa lona o bidiwa mang?nna ke tla mmitsa tlhogonkopa cos fa ke typer his name my ipod says spelling error and it freezs !!!! tlhogonkopa o tshubelang dijo braa,bana ba dika ba jele eng cos wena o a go kgora..

  27. slangane August 4, 2010

    tafa wa hlanya. motho wa bone haa tshaba support a bata goya prison o dira hela jaana

  28. owaii!!!!!!batho baba bangwe ba a tena.

  29. MOSHAWASHA August 4, 2010

    ITS A VRY SAD JOKE INDEED,tlhe bathong he myt be drunk by thn,ke raa ka gore he is so polite ko police ebile o tsentse tlhogo,go ta siama

  30. rexxxxxxx August 4, 2010

    modimo a go thuse TAFA

  31. tafa?????????????????ntsaalo wa bo one o lwela kuku modimo le ene ga a kake a kgona ba gaetsho mo ke masepa fela aka bomo.

  32. MGB Semanman August 5, 2010

    lebakwano morena,re ba man bo rrarona ba ira jaana?

  33. BATHONG KE GORE GATWE RE RENG JAANONG RONA BANANA FA BAGOLO BA DIRA JAANA TAFA ITSOSE RRA WEE O RRAAGWE MOGOLO MANG YOO OLENG KA THOGO JAANA

  34. makgantsetse August 5, 2010

    BASADI KE MELEKO…. kgang ya bo ele teng, go tswa fela ka bo-mmantwerentwere go fitlha ka mekoupere, ba akanya go tshwana.
    BASADI BA NTSE JALO, GA GO GAKGAMATSE.
    ATLEAST NO LIFE WAS LOST, bt mosadimogolo behave otherwise go opelwa motse o teng godimo.

  35. fa motho a kile a jola,o ka se dire jaana ka gore o iste gore mathe a basimane ga a ilane. le ene fela jalo oa jola kontle ga mosadi yoo o mo ketekang yo.

    bana jolang le ise le tsenye basadi mo matlong a lona pliz.

  36. bathong gatwe bannabagolo ba santse ba betsa basadi jaana ba raya gre bana ba reng.

  37. This kind of abuse in intolerable, let this man ROT in jail,so that he behaves like a human being not an animal.and do not call yourself a kalanaga because you are worse than a motswana.

  38. NyobiNyobi August 6, 2010

    I think this man is horney. Take him to jail so that they break his ass. Bustard.

  39. chisina August 6, 2010

    A mu zo loiwa zubanana mudala tota mu tate ba ani wali? mati esa pasi kwazo iswi bakalanga.

  40. waitse gago sena banna malatsing a!motho gaata a frailwe ke his galfrnd o ntshetsa bothoko mo mosadin. mathata a banna ke multiple relationshps motho mme are o nyetse, mme mosadi ga a kare wa ithe phaa… ke mathata.banna le senka eng tota?Y can som1enjoy life wit 1 person? banna baa tena waitse kana ke bone ba tsisan dikgothan mo malwapen

  41. The voice ga e ntsha sephiri sotlhe,monna yoo ke se tseno gale,he spent his youth ko prison a bolaile motho, what more do you expect from such a person?Ga e nke e latlha moseselo e le wa yone.

  42. stagarandah August 20, 2010

    Waitse ga ke rate batho baba roganang kana ba bua kgang tse di tlhaloganngwang ke bone hela.Motho wabo nyobinyobi! A ko le ikitee ka thupana le tswe mo ditlhapeng tlhe bathung aggggg!