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TOP BANKER ON LIFE AS A WORKING MOTHER
May. 13 | WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Itumeleng Nwako Banc ABC Regional Manager for the North – Itumeleng Nwako – speaks to The Voice about the balancing act of being a successful career woman, wife and mother of two. With close to 33 years’ experience...
SHOPPING WITH CAUTION
Dec. 28 | ONLY BUYING BASICS: Consumers after shopping No major sales increase for most retail shops The festive season is usually characterised by a lot of expenditure by consumers but 2012 seems to be a different year as most retail outlets have revealed...
PASTOR ACCUSED IN TEENAGE DRUG RAPE SCANDAL
Dec. 28 | QUESTIONABLE: Maake with kids Church members outraged A Pastor of Godrich International Ministries was dragged before Francistown Magistrates Court last week to answer charges of raping a member of his congregation. Apostle Mpho Maake, 49, is...
MADLY IN LOVE WITH BOTSWANA’S BILTONG
Dec. 28 | A Voice reporter recently travelled on board Air Botswana from Johannesburg where she sat next to a middle aged white man who identified himself as Michael, the lover of Botswana’s biltong. With its never changing meal of biltong and peanuts, the national...
PHK LOOKING FORWARD TO A FEMALE PRESIDENT
Dec. 28 | SUPPORTIVE: Kedikilwe Kedikilwe who hoped this historic moment will come to pass during his life time expressed these sentiments at the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Women’s wing fundraising dinner held in Francistown last Saturday. “I am told you...
COUPLE ACCUSED OF BEATING DAUGHTER TO DEATH IN ROW OVER PIECE OF MEAT
Dec. 28 | ACCUSED: Mokganedi Pontsho and Kgomotso Mondela outside court The parents of an 8-year-old girl have been accused of murder after beating her to death apparently for eating a piece of biltong reserved for her father. 35-year-old Mokganedi Pontsho and...
MURDERER TO SPEND 17 YEARS IN JAIL
Dec. 28 | A 30- year- old man who killed his girlfriend for insisting on going to church has been slapped with a 17 year jail sentence. Puso Tsietso from Mopipi and commonly known as ‘Killer’ hit and strangled his live in girl friend, Kelebogile Bahumeng,...
BEER AND CIGARETTE THIEF SPARED JAIL BUT NOT THE LASH
Dec. 28 | LUCKY ESCAPE: Kereemang Aboneng A Francistown youth was spared a prison sentence but will receive six lashes to his ‘bare buttocks’ after stealing beer and cigarettes from a shop at Tatisiding village. Remorseful 21-year-old Kereemang Aboneng of Gerald...
JWANENG MINE HAILED
Dec. 14 | IMPRESSED: President Khama President Ian Khama last Friday commended his predecessors, for having prudently utilised diamond revenues to improve the lives of Batswana. Khama who was officiating at the 30th anniversary celebrations for the Jwaneng Mine...
OUR NIGHT OF TERROR
Dec. 14 | THIS IS THE THING: Alleged thokolosi ‘It was really creepy’ Suspected thokolosi brings horror to filling station staff Employees of City Way Filling Station in Francistown got the shock of their lives after a suspected thokolosi was mysteriously found...
LETSHEGO REMEMBERS THE LESS PRIVILEGED
Dec. 14 | CHARITABLE: Fred Mmelesi Letshego Financial Services has donated over P700, 000 to a variety of charitable organisations in a kind gesture demonstrating its interest in the community in which it operates and draws its employees. Speaking at the Letshego...
CHIEFS LOSES POINTS
Dec. 14 | *David Makakaba declared a Police XI player *Available to any interested club ON LEVEL TERMS: Chiefs Defending League Champions and current log leaders Mochudi Centre Chiefs’ four point gap at the top was short-lived after the Premier League Board...
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC URGED TO BE VIGILANT
Dec. 14 | ACTIVE: A police clown handing over pamphlets At least 70 police officers participated in a road show held in Francistown last week geared at sensitizing the public on the importance of safeguarding their lives and property over the festive season. The...
LIMKOKWING LAUNCHES CHRISTMAS MELODIES ALBUM
Dec. 14 | MELODIOUS: Limkokwing trio Limkokwing University of Creative Technology’s Heal the World Foundation has launched a Christmas Carols album at Airport Junction Mall to raise funds for charity. The Heal The World Foundation is a brain child of the university’s...
SHE SHOUTS N’ THEY RUN
Dec. 7 | DEVELOPMENT COACH- Ngwako Women football in Botswana is still at an infant stage, and the country is yet to experience a signifi cant triumph. However this has not discouraged the Palapye born Barobi Ngwako from pursuing her dream of being a coach and...
ORAPA UNITED CLINCH DLALA SPONSORSHIP
Dec. 7 | GOING STRONG; Orapa F.c Orapa United FC will this weekend unveil a new sponsorship. The Debswana sponsored fi rst division north side has signed a two year contract with Dlala. So far the team is leading the log with 12 points from four games. Speaking...
TORONTO GETS A SHOT IN THE ARM
Dec. 7 | TALKING FOOTBALL: Seleke Botswana insurance brokerage giants; First Sun Alliance has announced its sponsorship of a branded vehicle to Notwane Football Club. The 10th placed Toronto will take on seventh placed Ecco City Greens this Saturday with a renewed...
BIH SETS UP INNOVATION FUND
Dec. 1 | INNOVATIVE: Boshwaen Botswana Innovation Hub has revealed that it will next year establish an innovation fund to provide seed and early stage growth funding to qualifying businesses, ideas and concepts. Speaking at the on-going CORMITEX fair which is...
ONE NIGHT STAND WITH A MINOR LANDS MAN IN COURT
Dec. 1 | ACCUSED: Mmereki A Francistown man has been brought before court to answer charges of defilement after he allegedly had a one night of sex with a schoolgirl some two years ago. Allegations against MmerekiMmereki, 31 of Block II in Francistown are that...
