THE CURSE OF THE BONES
Last week Wednesday, workers on a construction site digging a trench for water pipes found what was suspected to be human bones. The Voice Reporter Daniel Chida picked up on a conversation in which the...
View ArticleBOTSWANA ON THE BLACKBERRY MAP
Blackberry Botswana Development team Itumeleng Garebatshabe, a developer and registered BlackBerry vendor, was invited to attend a BlackBerry Jam session held in Cape Town, South Africa last year....
View ArticleMISTAKEN IDENTITY
SECOND BURIAL: Badirile’s body fi nally laid to rest BODIES BURIED TWICE IN MISTAKEN CORPSE IDENTITY The body of 67 year old Gatwesepe ‘MmaShoti’ Badirile of Serorome ward in Palapye was reburied last...
View ArticlePOLICE AIM FOR ZERO FATALITY
404 PEOPLE PERISHED IN 2012 Botswana Police and the Roads Department have promised to leave no stones unturned this coming Easter Holidays in their quest to register zero fatalities on the road....
View ArticleBCP WILL NOT JOIN THE UMBRELLA- MAMELA
OUTSPOKEN: Mamela Electorates who still wish to see Botswana Congress Party joining the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) should forget it if what the BCP’s Secretary for Publicity Vain Mamela’s...
View ArticleCHOBE DISTRICT SHORT OF LAND
CHOBE LAND BOARD DEPUTY BOARD SECRETARY, MARTIN NZEHENGWA HAS DECRIED SHORTAGE OF LAND IN THE CHOBE DISTRICT. Addressing the media about the land board’s mandate, its challenges and achievements at a...
View ArticleFARE THEE WELL COMRADE
LAST COPY: The Paparazzi REST IN PEACE, HLHONIPHANI CHENGATA Former Voice journalist, Hloniphani Chengeta succumbed to a short illness and passed away at Masunga Primary Hospital last week. Chengeta...
View ArticleCOUNCILLOR THREATENS TO SHUT ROAD
Councillor for Khwai/Savuti ward Kebareeditse Ntsogotlho in the North West District has threatened to close a road in his ward because it is in bad state. Ntshogotlho made the threats during a full...
View ArticleBONELA LOBBIES MPS TO VOTE ON PUBLIC HEALTH BILL AMENDMENTS
BONELA DIRECTOR; Ndadi The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV / AIDS(BONELA) have appealed to the members of parliament to propose and vote on the amendments recommended by different stakeholders...
View ArticleABORTION CAN BE DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH
In the hot blazing afternoon heat silence in a taxi is broken by the ringing of a cell phone. Lady Taxi Driver: Hello! Hallo! Is everything and everyone at home fine? (pause) When was she admitted in...
View ArticleDOUBLE MURDER SHOCKS COMMUNITY
HACKED TO DEATH: Mminakgabo An abusive boyfriend is in police custody after he hacked to death his girlfriend and her 60-year-old mother in a frenzied attack last week. 33-year-old Goratwamang...
View ArticleTHE PROS AND CONS OF GAY RIGHTS
Last week we featured a Real Life story of a homosexual young man, Obuseng Booster who told a heart-breaking tale of how he was beaten and bruised for his sexual orientation. Following the publication...
View ArticlePOVERTY ERADICATION CIRCUS
Disgruntled local food vendors clash with event organisers The much-publicised Poverty Eradication event in Chanoga village got off on the wrong foot this week when about 20 angry small business...
View ArticleASK GASE 29.03.13
MY DAD’S IDENTITY WASKEPT SECRET inset quote: I want to hate my mum for not telling me DEAR GASE, I’m a 40-year-old woman who’s had to live with the pain of not knowing her dad for 4 decades. I grew up...
View ArticleGLOBAL EARTH HOUR CELEBRATED
INTERNATIONAL APPEAL: Florida celebration From Sydney to San Francisco, Brussels to Boston, citizens of the world have been hard at work implementing plans for this year’s Earth Hour, one of the...
View ArticleKICKED WHERE IT HURTS
CONFINED TOA CHIAR: Johannah Eskiel POLICE ACCUSED OF KICKING WOMAN’S PRIVATE PARTS Mogoditshane Police Station Commander Nkwebi Chilisa has revealed that they are investigating a case in which a...
View ArticleTHOKOLOSI ATTACK
LIVING IN FEAR: Molefhe and her granddaughter EVIL FORCES BLAMED FOR STUDENT SEIZURES Fear and confusion have gripped the small village of Leshibitse in Kgatleng following bizarre incidents of seizure...
View ArticleTILL DEATH DO US PART
LAID TO REST:Kapolelo and Gaoduelwe (insert) A jealous boyfriend who had qualms about his girlfriend getting married to her ex-boyfriend and father to her child shot her dead before turning the barrel...
View ArticleJESUS MY ‘LOVER’
Dubani-wa-Dubani on Monday eavesdropped on this conversation whilst hitching a ride at Naledi Motors Francistown. Black Hat: (to another who has just alight taxi) Greet me girl. You and your load;...
View ArticleSTRAIGHT TALK
LINES OF COMMUNICATION: Front from left to right)Gaogalelwe Catherine Mlamb(21), TshidisoKgano(30), LesediLetina(30), Senwelo Ester Ramathaba. Back row: KagisoMotshegwa (23) AcirfaBoipusoMothoosele...
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