Magama on the comeback trail :: Mmegi Online

Akanyang Magama is planning his big return. He will face-off against the man he lost Gaborone South to in the last elections, only this time he is backed by the Botswana Congress Party (BCP).

In 2004, after the passing of the former Botswana National Front (BNF) president and area MP, Magama sailed through and for five years was the toast of Gaborone’s most deprived areas. But the then BNF secretary general had a falling out with the leadership of Otsweletse Moupo, and went into the 2009 general elections caught up in factional wars, and just about handed the constituency to Kagiso Molatlhegi of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).

While Magama is hoping to regain the seat, Molatlhegi is fighting to retain it. Also in the mix is Murray Dipate of the Umbrella for Democratic Change. Dipate is no pushover, and is a veteran of the opposition politics – having served at different leadership structures of the BNF and BCP.

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