MmaMoitoi Got A Taste Of Own Medicine

Unless something drastic happens and President Mokgweetsi Masisi calls early elections, we are six months away to the polls. As per the dictates of the constitution, Botswana goes to the general elections every five years, in the month of October.

So we are six months to electing the next government. Even with unsatisfactory number of registered voters, just over 700,000, we will be at the polls to elect our parliamentarians, and councillors, and thus giving them a mandate to choose the President and council chairpersons and mayors.

As with recent election years, this year had its own fair share of drama, even more so than in previous ones.

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Closure as pain lingers

March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...

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