BMD members exchange blows

Divisions are emerging in the BMD
Divisions are emerging in the BMD

Tensions are rising within the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) after members this weekend traded blows and insults at Tsogang Primary School, leading to one senior official being hit with a chair.

The fight revolved around the party’s women’s league, which is due to go for its elective congress on May 5 in Mahalapye.

Mmegi understands some members of the BMD’s women’s league in Gaborone North constituency attempted to hold a congress to elect a committee within the area. The committee would then have represented the area at the May 5 congress.

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