Don't play into Khama's hands - Pilane

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FRANCISTOWN: Founder member of the opposition Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD), Sidney Pilane, has appealed to striking public servants not to allow desperation to get the better of them as their demands for a salary increase are not met.

Addressing hundreds of BOFEPUSU members at Chedu Choga Freedom Square on Wednesday, Pilane said restraint was of the essence before he christened the place Revolution Square. The gifted orator advised his audience to eschew violence. "Khama is a soldier and he is itching for a fight," he said to a round of thunderous applause.

"Do not play into his hands by resorting to violence because that would give him the excuse he has been looking for. Do not give him the chance to use violence on you."

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