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POSITIVE LIVING
Dec. 3 | FIGHTING THE STIGMA: Dineo Minky Mosinyi HIV positive mother tells her story of giving birth to a negative child SHE is HIV positive, a mother of three with her last child born negative despite her positive status and also has an HIV negative...
My jealous ex-lover tried to kill me
Nov. 26 | ATTACKED: Boikobo Lekgowa REAL LIVES : Scarred for life When her ex-boyfriend called and said he had found her certificates and should thus come and get them from his house in G-West, Boikobo Lekgowa, 24, had no idea of the tragedy that awaited...
SURVIVING BREAST CANCER
Oct. 29 | God helped me pull through VICTOR: DIMBUNGU Breast cancer survivor tells how she overcame the pain through her faith In the second of our series commemorating Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Mphoentle Dimbungu tells her remarkable story of courage...
SURVIVING BREAST CANCER
Oct. 22 | SURVIVOR: Boitumelo Laletsang I may have lost part of my body but not my soul As Botswana joins the world in commemorating Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we spoke to women who were willing to share their accounts of the battle against the disease. This...
BLINDING POVERTY
Sep. 10 | OLD,BLIND AND HUNGRY: Tamana No food, no shelter For some people, sleeping outside is a matter of choice as they might be interested in watching the stars while enjoying the night breeze. But for 96 year old blind Yorubi Tamana of Matshwane ward in...
HOPING AGAINST HOPE
Jul. 30 | DISAPPOINTED: Therelelo Pitso Pain, heartache and waiting in vain By FRANCINAH BAAITSE Almost a year since the discovery of Ogorogile Bonane’s half body corpse, Kokong villagers in Ngwaketse West are not convinced that he is indeed dead. Traditional...
HER FEET, THEIR CHANCE IN LIFE
Jul. 9 | WALKING FOR A WORTHY CAUSE: Lanyani Makwinja 21 year-old in a 437 kilometres fundraising walk for ChildlineTouched by the plight of children at the Childline centre in Gaborone, which is home to about 21 children aged between four months and five...
KNOCKED HELPLESS
Jul. 2 | BREADWINNER: Ramontshonyana Mathawe Disease and poverty Unknown disease leaves once healthy and active man paralysed and dependent There is no doubt that being unable to do what one used to do is very frustrating. It becomes even worse when one has...
THE DAY THE BOERS CAME
Jun. 25 | FEARFUL: Alexander Koka A victim of the 1985 Mogoditshane raid haunted by his near-death experience By Phillimon Mmeso The saying that time heals is just a joke of the century to Alexander Koka who still bore both emotional and physical scars of the...
DEAF OVER DEATH
Jun. 11 | IN DENIAL: Joel But patient plans suing doctors who saved his life with medication that disabled him Up until he was given what he perceives to be wrong medication, Joel* had a perfect hearing. He was only 38 year of age when he entered Princess Marina...
CAUGHT IN THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
Jun. 4 | BREADWINNER: Ramontshonyana Mathawe Out of one falling hut 15 emerge to one cup of watery tea each and despair all day Long before sunrise all 15 grandchildren crawl out of the falling hut to warm up in the fire after a long chilly night. With just...
VICTORY AT LAST
May. 28 | RELIEVED: Annah Moatshe Widow wins 16 year-old legal battle against in-laws Sixteen years of battle to get what is rightfully hers has come to an end for a Ramotswa mother and widow. For more than 16 years, Annah Moatshe fought many battles with her...
WAITING FOR MY PENSION
May. 20 | DEPENDS ON RAIN: Molome “Every day is a struggle to survive” By Dubani Dubani Thinking of the where the next meal is coming from has become a norm in Mogogi Molome’s life. Unemployed, not old enough to get on the government pension scheme and...
