Kgathi Forced To Retreat

Shaw Kgathi PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
Shaw Kgathi PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

FRANCISTOWN: The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) deputy secretary general (DSG), Shaw Kgathi, was over the weekend reportedly forced to unceremoniously stop an internal party meeting by near furious party members in Francistown South.

Kgathi had visited the constituency in order to officially unveil candidates for the next year general elections, who are entirely made up of those who won the BDP January primaries. The DSG visit was also meant to give permission to the party’s January primary election winners to start campaigns for the 2019 polls.  

However, insiders at the meeting explained that before Kgathi could finish his address, party members told him that there is no way he could unveil candidates before the party could deliberate on the protests launched by those who lost the widely disputed primaries.

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