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Friday, December 18, 2015
May 18. First published in The Monitor, this was a sad story of a break-up of Botswana’s popular traditional music group Culture Spears. The lead singers who were also a husband and wife broke up in a bitter divorce that unfolded in public.
The fees have been doubled from the previous amounts and raise concerns about political participation accessibility and democratic representation principles.This significant fee increase prompts questions regarding its impact on grassroots democracy.On one hand, the fees act as a filter, ensuring only serious contenders enter the race, potentially reducing frivolous candidacies and generating crucial campaign funds. The BDP argues that aspiring...