Botswana should send BDF to South
Friday, January 31, 2014
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Following the sudden turn of events in South Sudan, which seems to have taken the world by surprise, I am of the view that involvement by Botswana in the UN-mandated Peace Support Operation (PSO) is necessary.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...