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๐‹๐„๐’๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ ๐Œ๐Ž๐‹๐€๐๐ˆ๐’๐ˆ ๐‘๐„๐‹๐„๐€๐’๐„๐ƒ ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ ๐๐€๐๐†๐‹๐€๐ƒ๐„๐’๐‡๐ˆ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐Botswana citizen Lesedi Molapisi has been released from prison in Bangla...
01/09/2026

๐‹๐„๐’๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ ๐Œ๐Ž๐‹๐€๐๐ˆ๐’๐ˆ ๐‘๐„๐‹๐„๐€๐’๐„๐ƒ ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ ๐๐€๐๐†๐‹๐€๐ƒ๐„๐’๐‡๐ˆ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐

Botswana citizen Lesedi Molapisi has been released from prison in Bangladesh, where she had been held after being sentenced to death.

Molapisi was arrested in Dhaka on 23 January 2022 after being found in possession of narcotics. She was convicted of drug smuggling and sentenced to death on 27 May 2024.

According to a press release from the Office of the President, her release follows sustained efforts by the Botswana government to secure her freedom. President Duma Boko appealed for executive clemency and a commutation of her sentence.

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๐Ÿ ๐๐€๐‰๐„ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐‘๐€๐‚๐„: ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐€๐ƒ๐‘๐„๐๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐ƒ๐„๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐„๐‘๐„๐ƒ!The 5th edition of the Paje 200 Offroad Race roared to life over the weekend, ...
31/08/2026

๐Ÿ ๐๐€๐‰๐„ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐‘๐€๐‚๐„: ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐€๐ƒ๐‘๐„๐๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐ƒ๐„๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐„๐‘๐„๐ƒ!

The 5th edition of the Paje 200 Offroad Race roared to life over the weekend, bringing together thrilling action, roaring engines, family fun and unforgettable moments.

From the dirt to the adrenaline, Paje 200 continues to grow bigger, better and more exciting with every edition.

๐†๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ค๐จ ๐๐š๐ฃ๐ž! ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”ฅ

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29/08/2026

๐–๐ž ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ก๐จ ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ค๐š, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ง๐š ๐ ๐จ ๐ฐ๐š. ๐Ž ๐ญ๐š ๐›๐จ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž โ€˜๐จ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฎ ๐ค๐š ๐ค๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐จโ€ฆ. ๐ค๐š ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ž, ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฌ๐š ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐š ๐๐ข ๐ญ๐ฌ๐จ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ๐žโ€ฆ ๐–๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ. - ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐Œ๐– ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐๐• ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ.

๐’๐€๐‹๐€๐Š๐€๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐‘๐“ ๐€๐๐๐„๐€๐‘๐€๐๐‚๐„ ๐ƒ๐‘๐€๐–๐’ ๐‹๐€๐‘๐†๐„ ๐‚๐‘๐Ž๐–๐ƒSupporters came out in large numbers this morning as former Transport and Infr...
28/08/2026

๐’๐€๐‹๐€๐Š๐€๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐‘๐“ ๐€๐๐๐„๐€๐‘๐€๐๐‚๐„ ๐ƒ๐‘๐€๐–๐’ ๐‹๐€๐‘๐†๐„ ๐‚๐‘๐Ž๐–๐ƒ

Supporters came out in large numbers this morning as former Transport and Infrastructure Minister Noah Salakae and his co-accused appeared before the Broadhurst Magistrates Court.

The courtroom was packed to capacity, with an overflow of people outside the courtroom. Many of those who attended were from Salakaeโ€™s constituency, turning the court appearance into a significant public spectacle.

Inside court, the State asked for plea to be reserved, saying it intends to amend the charge sheet to include another accused person.

The State also did not oppose bail, proposing P10,000 bail and two Batswana sureties for each accused.

For Seby, a foreign national, the State proposed P30,000 bail, surrender of his passport and monthly reporting to the DCEC office in Ghanzi.

The matter has been postponed to 9 October 2026 for mention.

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๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐๐จ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Œ๐– ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐๐• ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ค๐จ๐ฃ๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐ง๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Œ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ž. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ...
28/08/2026

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐๐จ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Œ๐– ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐๐• ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ค๐จ๐ฃ๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐ง๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Œ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ž. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž.

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28/08/2026

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Œ๐– ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐๐• ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ค๐จ๐ฃ๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Œ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ž โ€” ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ.

28/08/2026

๐‚๐Ž๐”๐‘๐“ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ | ๐๐‹๐„๐€ ๐‘๐„๐’๐„๐‘๐•๐„๐ƒ ๐€๐’ ๐’๐“๐€๐“๐„ ๐’๐„๐„๐Š๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐€๐Œ๐„๐๐ƒ ๐‚๐‡๐€๐‘๐†๐„ ๐’๐‡๐„๐„๐“

The State has asked that plea be reserved, saying it intends to amend the charge sheet to include another accused person.

The prosecution told court that while preparing the charge sheet, it was still conducting due diligence on another individual. The State says the process has since been finalised and the individual should now be included as an accused.
๐๐€๐ˆ๐‹
The State has not opposed bail for the accused persons.

It proposes bail of:

* P10,000 for each accused;
* Two Batswana sureties for each accused.

For Seby Jose, who is a foreign national, the State proposes P30,000 bail, surrender of his passport and that he report to the DCEC office in Ghanzi once every month.

The matter has been postponed to 9 October 2026 for mention.

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๐‚๐Ž๐”๐‘๐“ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ | ๐๐‹๐„๐€ ๐‘๐„๐’๐„๐‘๐•๐„๐ƒ ๐€๐’ ๐’๐“๐€๐“๐„ ๐’๐„๐„๐Š๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐€๐Œ๐„๐๐ƒ ๐‚๐‡๐€๐‘๐†๐„ ๐’๐‡๐„๐„๐“The State has asked that plea be reserved, saying it in...
28/08/2026

๐‚๐Ž๐”๐‘๐“ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ | ๐๐‹๐„๐€ ๐‘๐„๐’๐„๐‘๐•๐„๐ƒ ๐€๐’ ๐’๐“๐€๐“๐„ ๐’๐„๐„๐Š๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐€๐Œ๐„๐๐ƒ ๐‚๐‡๐€๐‘๐†๐„ ๐’๐‡๐„๐„๐“

The State has asked that plea be reserved, saying it intends to amend the charge sheet to include another accused person.

The prosecution told court that while preparing the charge sheet, it was still conducting due diligence on another individual. The State says the process has since been finalised and the individual should now be included as an accused.
๐๐€๐ˆ๐‹
The State has not opposed bail for the accused persons.

It proposes bail of:

* P10,000 for each accused;
* Two Batswana sureties for each accused.

For Seby Jose, who is a foreign national, the State proposes P30,000 bail, surrender of his passport and that he report to the DCEC office in Ghanzi once every month.

The matter has been postponed to 9 October 2026 for mention.

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๐’๐€๐‹๐€๐Š๐€๐„ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐‚๐Ž-๐€๐‚๐‚๐”๐’๐„๐ƒ ๐€๐๐๐„๐€๐‘ ๐ˆ๐ ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐‘๐“Former Transport and Infrastructure Minister Noah Salakae and six co-accused are a...
28/08/2026

๐’๐€๐‹๐€๐Š๐€๐„ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐‚๐Ž-๐€๐‚๐‚๐”๐’๐„๐ƒ ๐€๐๐๐„๐€๐‘ ๐ˆ๐ ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐‘๐“

Former Transport and Infrastructure Minister Noah Salakae and six co-accused are appearing before the Broadhurst Regional Magistrates Court in Gaborone today in connection with corruption charges.

The case marks Salakae's first court appearance since his resignation from Cabinet, which he said was to allow him to focus on the legal matter.

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๐’๐€๐‹๐€๐Š๐€๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐‘๐‘๐”๐๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐‚๐€๐’๐„ ๐‡๐„๐€๐ƒ๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐‘๐“ ๐“๐Ž๐Œ๐Ž๐‘๐‘๐Ž๐–Former Transport and Infrastructure Minister Noah Salakae is set to face ...
27/08/2026

๐’๐€๐‹๐€๐Š๐€๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐‘๐‘๐”๐๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐‚๐€๐’๐„ ๐‡๐„๐€๐ƒ๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐‘๐“ ๐“๐Ž๐Œ๐Ž๐‘๐‘๐Ž๐–

Former Transport and Infrastructure Minister Noah Salakae is set to face court tomorrow, as the corruption case that triggered his recent Cabinet resignation moves into the courtroom.

Salakae is among seven accused persons facing charges arising from the alleged award of a P1.535 billion government contract for the Ghanzi-New Xade road project to Tau Grading and Building Construction (Pty) Ltd.

The charge sheet alleges that Salakae, while serving as Minister, corruptly used his position to influence the signing of the contract and received P1.6 million, a Toyota Fortuner valued at P575,000 and bush-clearing services as alleged rewards.

Salakae has rejected the allegations and maintains that he is not guilty. Following his resignation from Cabinet last week, he returned to his home village, where he addressed a kgotla meeting and told residents that he had remained quiet for long enough and was now ready to clear his name before the courts.

The former minister has also stressed that his resignation was not an admission of guilt.

With the matter now before the courts, tomorrow marks the next major chapter in a case that has already sent ripples through Botswanaโ€™s political landscape.

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