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Kudos to the Delimitation Commission

There has been hullabaloo from political players against the work of the Delimitation Commission on delimiting constituency boundaries.

It is, however, apparent that the recommendations of the Commission have been influenced by needs analysis as the population of villages and towns continue to grow and that suit such recommendations.

Usually, qualms are that the ruling elite could have ordered the Delimitation Commission so that the end beneficiary is the party in power and not necessarily the nation. The feeling usually is that delimiting constituency boundaries is the first line of ‘rigging’ the elections.


Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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