Will Masisi weather the BDP storm?

Masisi is already experiencing a rough journey to the BDP congress
Masisi is already experiencing a rough journey to the BDP congress

In the third of a series of analyses on Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Central Committee aspirants’ suitability or unsuitability to fill party positions at the July elective congress, Mmegi Staff Writer RYDER GABATHUSE & Correspondent SIKI MOTSHWARI JOHANNES sample Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s chances in his defence of the chairmanship position against cabinet colleague Nonofo Molefhi and flamboyant businessman-cum-politician Robert Masitara

The BDP chairmanship is now up for grabs. Vice President and incumbent chairperson, Mokgweetsi  Masisi is back in  the trenches to defend his position against fellow Cabinet colleague, Nonofo Molefhi, the Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Development, and former MP for Gaborone West North, Robert Masitara. 

Two years ago, Masisi took the crown after overwhelmingly defeating former Cabinet ministers Tebelelo Seretse, Ramedeluka Seretse and the then political newcomer Biggie Butale, in a bitterly contested election at the 36th BDP elective congress held in Mmadinare.

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