Say no to violence!

The coalition has been sweeping vacant council seats like it’s a walk in the park. The ward had only two contenders, being Simon Moipolai of the UDC and the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) representative, Thato Kgwatalala. UDC’s Moipolai emerged victorious with 371 votes to Kgwatalala’s 281. In December UDC swiftly secured eight seats, out of the 11, which became vacant after the deaths of the area councillors.

While the December elections seem to have gone smoothly without any reports of friction, tensions seemed to have been building in the Ledumadumane East ward. The elections, which started in earnest in the early morning of Saturday later turned into something else as a group of individuals decided to stand guard outside the counting centre causing chaos.