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MPs campaign for citizen empowerment hots up

The words “localization” and “expatriate” cropped up at least twenty times in Parliament on Friday as parliamentarians' campaign for citizen empowerment gathers more heat. Botswana...
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Sanitary waste chokes Gaborone neighbouring villages

Jack, a council refuse collector, says he has found a lot of nasty surprises from his heaps of rubbish: Soiled toilet papers, used condoms...
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Mogae, Mugabe, Mwanawasa meet to resolve Kazungula crisis

Dispute escalates into three way regional hostility with Zambia retaliating against Zimbabwe and Botswana caught in the crossfire. PRESIDENTS Festus Mogae, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe,...
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Thousands of innocent Batswana feared languishing in prison

Thousands of poor Batswana are believed to be languishing in prison for crimes they did not commit ÔÇô Sunday Standard can reveal. Facts and figures...
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De Beers accused of spying on Debswana

Debswana senior management are grappling for damage control measures following revelations that management at the world's leading diamond miner planted secret surveillance cameras...
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Number of women arrested for idling on the increase

Two women residents of Gaborone were this week arraigned before the Urban Customary Court President, Kgosi Dikwalo Monametsi, charged with idling and disorderly conduct. Kelibile...
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Stolen P1000 and a phone land cleaner in court

A 22 year old cleaner at the Botswana Nurses Association, was this Friday arraigned before the Urban Customary Court President, Kgosi Dikwalo Monametsi, charged...
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Young mother nabbed for child neglect

A 22-year-old mother was this Friday arraigned before the Urban Customary Court President, Kgosi Dikwalo Monametsi, and charged with neglect of her ten month...
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Catfight over a boyfriend

A 37-year-old woman, from Goora Setsiba Ward in Mmankgodi, was this Friday brought before the Urban Customary Court President, Kgosi Dikwalo Monametsi, and charged...
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Form 5 student at Ledumang Senior Secondary School sentenced to prison

An 18-year-old Form Five student at Ledumang Senior Secondary School this Friday pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting another student, stealing her money and...
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