BDP rally suggests sagging popularity

BOROLONG: If numbers are a reliable indicator, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) rally in Borolong, in support of their Tonota North constituency hopeful, Fidelis Molao, was disappointing.

So disappointing that a dejected member in the audience, clad in red colours of the party, could not help quipping afterwards that he was seeing only the same faces that he has seen at previous rallies.

"Besides, most of the people who came today are not from this village. They were the same people who were in Mathangwane at the launch of the candidate," said the BDP supporter who declined to be identified.

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