Is Rampholo Molefhe a chamza of the Left?

This is as a rejoinder to Rampholo Molefhe's article about 'The Left' in Botswana. The satirical tone of Molefhe's article is dismissive of the efforts of leftists within the BNF.

The spiteful and elegant sweep of his pen depicts comrades as impostors of sorts.  He writes off the talk about existence of 'socialist' tendencies in the BNF.  Is Molefhe a chamza of the BNF left?  How can he deny the existence of the left in an organisation that brought him up?

Molefhe's analysis is good because it touches the right places.  An analysis of the left in Botswana has to start with the working class organisation or the labour movement and the BNF.  More importantly, the article poses the question of the possibility and prospects of the formation of a socialist organisation rooted in working class struggles.

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