BDP Office �An eyesore�

BDP Symbol
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FRANCISTOWN: The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) officials here are squirming with embarrassment at an “eyesore” of a building at the industrial site, west of the CBD.

The building, one of the properties that are owned by the ruling party, was used as an office in the past, but for the past few years, it has been abandoned, such that now it houses bats, human faeces and rags. The gigantic red “Jack” at the entrance, similar to the one at Tsholetsa House, and the red and black colours of the building, are a stark reminder of who is the owner of the derelict building.

The building, located at the light industrial site, a stone throw away from the Botswana Railways pedestrian footbridge, is overgrown with all sorts of vegetation, from grass to tall trees obscuring hundreds of people going to work everyday in the mornings.

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