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CULTURAL FEAST
May. 17 | All roads lead to Marobela for Zhizha next weekend Whet your appetite and put on your dancing shoes. Ikalanga cuisine and songs will be in abundance next weekend at Marobela, in celebration of’Zhizha’ a fast fading tradition for Bakalanga. The...
TEACHER CHARGED FOR ASSAULTING STUDENT
May. 17 | WHIPPED: Ntwaetsile A male art teacher is facing assault charges for beating a female student black and blue with a stick on the butt. The form 3 student Thato Ntwaetsile was whopped so hard that she was forced to take leave from school for a...
CHURCH GOING AND MEAT EATING
May. 17 | On Monday morning, The Voice cartoonist, Lesole Ntshole was on his way to the library in Mochudi when he overheard a conversation between the Combi driver, woman passenger, and the conductor. Woman passenger: I do not understand why some people...
BDP ‘BIG WIG IN COURT FOR CHILD MAINTENANCE
May. 17 | PENNILESS: Olebeng Ngwakwena A prominent Gaborone businessman and Botswana Democratic Party publicity committee member, Olebeng Ngwakwena was last week dragged before the High Court to answer for a child maintenance charge. Court papers indicated that...
STINKING POLITICS
May. 17 | DRUNK YOUTH RELIEVES HIMSELF IN COUNCILOR’S YARD CONCERNED: Kaelo Monarch West councilor, Godfrey Kaelo, strongly believes that a teenager who allegedly defecated in front of his house a week ago was sent by his political opponents. A staunch member...
Obituary- Booster Oeme Galesekegwe 1979-2013
May. 17 | May his Soul Rest In Eternal Peace R.I.P: Booster Booster Oeme Galesekegwe, (34), photojournalist turned businessman will be laid to rest on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Goo Tawana Ward next to Spar, in Letlhakane, Central District. He was born on March15,1979. Booster...
WHY TAWANA DIDN’T MAKE IT TO BMD CENTRAL COMMITTEE
May. 17 | BMD: Logo He did not contest for any of the Central Committee positions during the Botswana Movement for Democracy Party’s congress in Maun over the weekend which heightened rumours that Tawana Moremi is on his way back to the BDP. To be eligible for...
SERIAL RAPIST STRIKES TERROR IN THE NORTH EAST
May. 17 | Police have launched an extensive manhunt for a rapist who attacked three elderly women in Maitengwe, Tutume and Matobo villages in less than a month. The rapist who has been described as dark in complexion by his victims has been terrorising residents...
THE LAND CURSE
May. 17 | Area Map The small group gathered inside the Lobatse Civic Centre could have been easily mistaken for mourners. But their eyes excitedly light up at the sight of a camera. The council official who was addressing the group as we arrived immediately toned...
BATAWANA ROYAL THROWS WEIGHT BEHIND UDC
May. 17 | ROYAL WEIGHT: Letsholathebe KGOSI Charles Letsholathebe of Maun Customary Court has urged opposition parties to stick together to unseat the ruling Botswana Democratic Party. “With your cooperation as an Umbrella body, one day the giant will fall,”...
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 in banking...
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATED
May. 13 | 1. Calistus Kolantsho2. Obusitse Kologwe3. Oaitse Sejakgomo Last weekend journalists and media practitioners untied in song, dance and speeches to mark the World Press Freedom Day celebrations in Francistown. The theme for the day was ‘Safe to Speak:...
COPS SHOOT AND WOUND BUSINESSMAN
May. 13 | IN PAIN: Sankoloba A Francistown businessman, Oratile Sankoloba is nursing a bullet wound to his leg. Sankoloba, 31 was shot by a police officer at Tati Siding village last week for allegedly trying to flee police interrogation.The Director of Fassy Spares...
OPENING EYES AND HEARTS
May. 10 | HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU: A visitor studying one of Stuart’s photographs A mother is pictured standing outside her sun-bleached clay hut holding her baby up to the warmth of the morning. Underneath the picture there is a note, “Proceeds from...
RUN RABBIT RUN
May. 3 | SEX TOYS AND THE LAW BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL: One of the rabbit Itumeleng picks up the rabbit vibrator she brought in Johannesburg and shows it off. According to the blurb on the box the device will give her ‘infinity orgasm, pulsation and escalation,...
NTWAGKOLO AIRS NEXT WEEK
May. 3 | After a disappointing long wait for the much publicized docudrama titled “Ntwakgolo”, the Tv drama will finally air on Botswana television this coming Wednesday at 8.30pm. Produced by Dee Zone, Ntwakgolo is a 71 episodes TV docu-drama series funded...
A SHOT IN THE ARM FOR DISABLED STUDENTS
May. 3 | TALKING EDUCATION: Rakhudu It is an undeniable fact that education is the key to the transformation of the societies and improvement of the socio-economic well being of the people. And any society or community that therefore underestimates the power of...
APPEAL FOR HELP
May. 3 | DISTRESSED: Motlhoki Neo Pearl Motlhoki, a 40-year old woman who survived third degree burns after he was brutally attacked by her jealous lover desperately needs help. Motlhoki appeared in The Voice recently as she narrated heart-wrenching details of...
Debswana First Division North League round-up
May. 3 | There was a lot of drama over the weekend. Ambitious Two-Two-Five FC had two of their players receiving red cards in their game against Great North Tigers (GNT) at the Francistown stadium. Still on the field, Sua Flamingoes FC left the diamond mining...
