Opinion & Analysis

Masisi between a rock and a hard place

Wednesday, February 28, 2018
VP Masisi. PIC. MORERI SEJAKGOMO
VP Masisi. PIC. MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Come April 1, 2018, Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi will have to show his political mettle in choosing the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) national chairperson. Staff Writer RYDER GABATHUSE reports that Masisi might find himself caught between fighting to consolidate his political power and balancing the party’s bitter factions

FRANCISTOWN: Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s political character will be sternly tested in the appointment of the party’s chairpersonship come April 1, 2018 as he ascends to the highest office in the land, state presidency.

He is currently dabbling as Vice President and ruling BDP chairperson. 

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