Path cleared for Molale�s fresh bid

Molale narrowly defeated Motsaathebe in the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primaries for the August 2015 by-election, losing in the actual poll to Kgosi Lotlamoreng II of the Umbrella for Democratic Change. In the BDP primaries in July 2015, Molale polled 703 votes to Motsaathebe’s 625, in a bitterly fought election involving five ruling party members.  Motsaathebe initially rejected the results, filing a complaint with the party and alleging the process was unfair.

This time around, Motsaathebe told Mmegi he was “sick and tired of fights” in the constituency and had opted to ‘sacrifice’ his long-held dream of representing Goodhope-Mabule in Parliament. “Our troubles were going to increase as there are errors in the voters’ roll.