Race for BDP presidency intensifies
Friday, February 05, 2016
Constitutionally, Masisi as the country’s vice president, will take over from Ian Khama as the President on April 1, 2018. This is an appointment for a period of just over a year, until the country goes to the general elections to elect a new government and a president. But as has happened before, the ruling party, can hold a special congress to decide who takes the party to the general elections in case the incumbent is not the party president.
In the past, the one sitting in the country’s presidency seat was endorsed unchallenged. But this is a different BDP, it is unlikely that Masisi will go to the 2017 elective congress unchallenged.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...