BDP battles for survival
Friday, January 15, 2016

BDP members
The BDP lost all the six by-elections held including the highly contested Goodhope-Mabule parliamentary by-election where the President Ian Khama’s right hand man, Eric Molale, lost dismally to the Umbrella for Democratic Change’s candidate, Barolong royal, Kgosi Lotlamoreng II.
The party fired some of its secretariat staff members, which observers said were given the boot because they were pro-Botsalo Ntuane’s reforms.
His horrific actions, betraying the trust placed in him to protect children have rightly been met with the full force of the law. Whilst we commend the court’s decision, this case forces us to confront uncomfortable truths about safeguarding our children and the lifelong scars such abuse leaves.Magistrate Kefilwe Resheng’s firm sentencing sends a powerful message that those who harm children will face severe consequences. Her words rightly...