Dutlwe

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'''Dutlwe''' is a village in [[Kweneng District]] of [[Botswana]] composed of people from the [[Bakgalagadi people|Bakgalagadi]] ([[:tn:Sekgalagadi#Morahe wa Basarwa le Bakgalagadi|tn]]) and [[San people|Basarwa]] tribes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bothoko |first=Pini |date=November 21, 2022 |title=Unemployment haunts TakatokwaneDutlwe residents |work=The Monitor |url=https://www.pressreader.com/botswana/the-monitor-4753/20221121/281668258974679}}</ref> The population of Dutlwe was 1,464 with 692 males and 772 females in the 2022 census.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population & Housing – Census 2022 |url=https://www.statsbots.org.bw/sites/default/files/publications/Population%20%26%20Housing%20Census%202022-%20Population%20of%20Cities%2C%20Towns%2C%20Villages%20%26%20Associated%20Localities.pdf |website=statsbot.org.bw}}</ref> As part of [[International Development Design Summit|IDDS]] Botswana 2018, a [[bean thresher]] was installed in the village due to bean farming beaning one of the villages main sources of income.<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Development Design Summit Botswana |url=https://d-lab.mit.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/IDDS-Botswana-2018-Final-Report-1.pdf |website=mit.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=tacs |date=2018-05-06 |title=The Villages: D'kar, Dutlwe, Rakops, and Kaputura |url=https://iddsbotswana2018.wordpress.com/2018/05/06/the-villages-dkar-dutlwe-rakops-and-kaputura/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=IDDS Botswana 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The village chief, Motshegetsi Puleng, was arrested for stabbing his girlfriend on July 4, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Koogotsitse |first=Gofaone |date=2020-07-07 |title=Dutlwe Chief remanded for stabbing girlfriend » TheVoiceBW |url=https://thevoicebw.com/dutlwe-chief-remanded-for-stabbing-girlfriend/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=TheVoiceBW |language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Basimanebotlhe |first=Pini Bothoko, Tsaone |date=2022-11-22 |title=Dutlwe family in trauma after two die mysteriously |url=https://www.mmegi.bw/news/dutlwe-family-in-trauma-after-two-die-mysteriously/news |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=Mmegi Online |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Voice |first=The |date=2022-12-10 |title=Cops await forensic results on Dutlwe poisoning |url=https://www.africannewsagency.com/the-voice-botswana/cops-await-forensic-results-on-dutlwe-poisoning-0bb69a22-50a2-5c36-9283-adbac3bd1eba/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=African News Agency |language=en-ZA}}</ref> There is a Calvary Baptist church in the town led by Pastor Thokwane.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-18 |title=The Turner Adventures: Church in Dutlwe |url=http://theturneradventures.blogspot.com/2016/06/church-in-dutlwe.html |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=The Turner Adventures}}</ref>

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[[Category:Populated places in Kweneng District]] [[Category:Villages in Botswana]]