Dutlwe

Dutlwe
Village
Dutlwe Location in Botswana
Coordinates: 23°58′54″S23°55′37″E / 23.98167°S 23.92694°E / -23.98167; 23.92694
Country	Botswana
District	Kweneng District
Constituency	Takatokwane
Government
• Village Chief	Motshegetsi Puleng
Population  (2022)
• Total	1,464
Time zone	Central Africa Time

Dutlwe is a village in Kweneng District of Botswana composed of people from the Bakgalagadi (tn) and Basarwa tribes. ^[1] The population of Dutlwe was 1,464 with 692 males and 772 females in the 2022 census. ^[2] As part of IDDS Botswana 2018, a bean thresher was installed in the village due to bean farming beaning one of the villages main sources of income. ^{[3] [4]} The village chief, Motshegetsi Puleng, was arrested for stabbing his girlfriend on July 4, 2020. ^[5] In November 2022, 2 village residents died after drinking tea that had been suspected to be poisoned. 4 others in the family also went to the hospital, but barely survived. ^{[6] [7]} There is a Calvary Baptist church in the town led by Pastor Thokwane. ^[8]

References

1. Bothoko, Pini (21 November 2022). "Unemployment haunts TakatokwaneDutlwe residents". The Monitor.
2. "Population & Housing – Census 2022" (PDF). statsbot.org.bw.
3. "International Development Design Summit Botswana" (PDF). mit.edu.
4. tacs (6 May 2018). "The Villages: D'kar, Dutlwe, Rakops, and Kaputura". IDDS Botswana 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
5. Koogotsitse, Gofaone (7 July 2020). "Dutlwe Chief remanded for stabbing girlfriend » TheVoiceBW". TheVoiceBW. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
6. Basimanebotlhe, Pini Bothoko,Tsaone (22 November 2022). "Dutlwe family in trauma after two die mysteriously". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
7. Voice, The (10 December 2022). "Cops await forensic results on Dutlwe poisoning". African News Agency. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
8. "The Turner Adventures: Church in Dutlwe". The Turner Adventures. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

23°58′54″S23°55′37″E / 23.98167°S 23.92694°E / -23.98167; 23.92694