Dusting the land issues of 2023
Monday, December 25, 2023 | 220 Views |
![Bamalete pursued and won the land they bought in 1925 PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO](https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.mmegi.bw/mmegi/uploads/images/2023/12/25/96230.jpg&w=800&q=72&f=jpg&t=1)
Bamalete pursued and won the land they bought in 1925 PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
As a reporter I love working with archives and laying my hands on information that has been untouched for years. Stories about land are tales as old as time and they are very conflict sensitive, among other things. Research, reports and documents from sources are important resources for providing well-researched articles that explain complex issues.
This year, I happened to uncover and highlight some of these land stories by locating material from original sources from a particular time to provide facts and add variety to my articles. This information offered an account which others might not have considered in the past and for me it culminated into informative articles.
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...