BMD gives BDP torrid time in F/town

Friday, May 21, 2010

FRANCISTOWN: The recently formed Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) splinter group Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) seems to be giving the BDP a tough time in Francistown.

Hardly a month after President Ian Khama and his Cabinet ministers and other top BDP leaders visited the northern city, the President and his entourage are this time around expected to throng the Francistown City Council (FCC) chambers for "official business" next Tuesday.

Initially, Khama and his team were billed to address the council meeting on June 25 but the trip has since been fast-tracked to next week.

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