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AS OLD AS THE HIILS
May. 10 | FAMILY TIME: Koontse with grandson and daughter “ IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT” GRANNY, 109 SAYS ABOUT HUBBY AS SHE WALKS DOWN MEMORY LANE” The Guinness World Records recently named Misao Okawa, a Japanese woman who celebrated her 115th birthday...
WAR AND PEACE
Apr. 26 | SIGHT OF LOVE: Heidi and Marothodi on their wedding day When Heidi Jansen left Chicago for Botswana as a US Peace Corp in 2009 all she had on her mind was to do her term and head back home to finish her education. She had no idea she would find...
SEXUAL ORIENTATION BEATEN AND BRUISED, BUT STILL FIGHTING FOR HIS RIGHT TO BE GAY
Mar. 22 | GLAD TO BE GAY: Obusitse aka Booster For 21-year-old Obusitse Booster being gay and dating men is ‘just normal,’ and as far back as Standard 3 the attraction has always made his heart skip a beat. Up to now he has only had to endure the odd...
GRANNY, 96, HANGS HERSELF OVER MONEY PROBLEMS
Mar. 8 | TROUBLED: Keleofile Siwane WHEN AGED KELEOFILE SIWANE ENDED HER TROUBLED LIFE LAST WEEK SHE BECAME THE OLDEST PERSON ON RECORD IN BOTSWANA TO COMMIT SUICIDE, AND THE 50TH PERSON THIS YEAR TO DO SO. BUT BEHIND THE SORRY STATISTIC LIES AN EVEN SORRIER...
WHO’S NEXT?
Feb. 22 | DETERMINED: Maitumelo Fed up with the heartbreak of being married to a serial cheater, Maitumelo Timela has twice taken the marriage wreckers to court and is determined to make future mistresses pay THE PRICE Having successfully sued two of her husband’s...
“IT WAS A CALL FOR HELP, I NEVER MEANT TO KILL MYSELF”
Nov. 24 | THERE HAS BEEN A DISTURBING RISE IN TEENAGE SUICIDES AS YOUNG PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO COPE WITH LIFE’S DEMANDS – LECHANI MOKGOSI, 16, WAS NEARLY ONE OF THEM She couldn’t take it anymore. The unkind laughter, name-calling, and finger pointing that tormented...
STROKE AMBASSADOR
Sep. 28 | FIGHTER Stroke survivor launches war against the disease A touching story of Bakhwi Kablay, a Motswana woman who battled a stroke attack and is now on her way to full recovery is a true testimony that where there is a will there is way. 39- year- old...
CALLING ALL GOOD SAMARITANS
Sep. 11 | Paralyzed: BOPHELO GABAEME Bedridden stroke survivor seeks help for operation restore dignity A woman who was left paralyzed from her waist down after suffering a stroke has pleaded with members of the public to assist her restore her dignity. Bophelo...
GAY AS A DAFFODIL
Aug. 31 | PROUDLY GAY: Caine Youngman A Motswana man speaks candidly about being born a homosexual Following a recent media workshop on how to report positively on gay issues, one gay man, Caine Youngman spoke candidly to Real Lives about being born gay and how...
CONFESSIONS OF A COUPLE IN CONFLICT EXPOSE PRESSURES OF LIVING WITH HIV
Aug. 10 | IN HAPPIER TIMES: Dikhutsana and Samodimo Ketshabamang HE…My wife is tasteless and boring in bed SHE…My husband said he would have to use 10 condoms to have sex with me In a frank and revealing interview a Maun couple’s bitter conflict over their...
REBUILDING SHATTERED LIVES
May. 25 | FLASHBACK: The scene of devastation Kagelelo Tidige’s describes his battle to cope with family life after tragedy robbed him of a wife and baby daughter. It is almost exactly ten months since Kagelelo Tidige’s world fell apart after a suspected drunken...
AGAINST ALL ODDS
Feb. 3 | RealLives: Woman’s fierce battle against the big C DESPERATE: Shurdic Tlagae As the world unites to fight against cancer on February the 4th, under the theme; ‘Together it is possible’ a Digawana woman battling the killer disease is...
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST
Dec. 16 | FOCUSED: Lesole Ntshole Cartoonist with disability makes his mark He cuts a lonely figure as he walks around Gaborone malls shopping for a computer so he can operate his business from home. Lesole Ntshole is no ordinary person; he has been living with...
BABY DADDY DRAMA
Dec. 9 | UNEMPLOYED AND BITTER: Pono Thapelo Father queries maintenance as child calls another man daddy An unemployed father who was recently ordered by the court to pay P300 in monthly child maintenance has made a public appeal for financial aid to conduct...
CULTURE MATTERS
Nov. 25 | Canadian Student Experiences Botswana Over 12000km away from his Sudbury home in Canada, Aaron Brubacher, 20 was on a student exchange programme which brought him to Gaborone’s University of Botswana (UB), where he studied since August. LEGAL...
LIVING WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Oct. 5 | IN PAIN: Matshediso Medupe Woman seeks divine intervention as incurable disease shatters her life Doctors can not do much to treat her multiple sclerosis (MS), an incurable disease that is slowly but surely shutting down her body systems. Matshediso...
DAUGHTERS WHO DO NOTHING BUT BEAR CHILDREN
Aug. 26 | IN DESPAIR: Granny Baleseng and her pregnant daughter When parents get older they normally expect their children to take turn and look after them. But that has not been the case for 72 year old Keikanne Baleseng, a widower from Mmadinare whose daughters...
I might act like a woman but I am not gay
Aug. 12 | Real lives: sexuality By Joy Chikura FRUSTRATED: OtengTollinMatsemela A 23 year old man who has since childhood been mistaken for a girl and eventually a woman has gone public declaring that he is a real man with proper male organs. Oteng Tollin Matsemela...
TORN APART BY INCEST
Aug. 5 | Mother blames poverty on daughter’ sexual relationship with dad A woman who ran away from her matrimonial home because her husband was having an incestuous relationship with their daughter has blamed the family troubles on poverty. IN...
