How late Modenga became Francistown's deputy mayor

Friday, March 09, 2018

FRANCISTOWN: After the 2014 general elections, there was talk that the councillor for Moselewapula ward, the late Lechedzani Modenga had greased the palms of his Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) colleagues in order to become the city’s deputy mayor.

By then, there were even allegations that Modenga had bought suits for his colleagues in order to persuade them to choose him as Francistown’s second citizen.

Nobody by then expected Modenga to become Francistown deputy mayor. Some councillors and even voters were of the view that the position will not go to a political greenhorn like Modenga.

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How late Modenga became Francistown's deputy mayor

FRANCISTOWN: After the 2014 general elections, there was talk that the councillor for Moselewapula ward, the late Lechedzani Modenga had greased the palms of his Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) colleagues in order to become the city’s deputy mayor.