Of Bakgatla, Dikhwaere And UDC Triumph

Monday, April 23, 2018

UDC supporters started celebrating before the counting process was finished

Pelotshweu boela mannong, mmatla sa gagwe o se bone. This Setswana saying, meaning one has to be happy when one finally gets what they always wanted, could best describe the joy felt by Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) members over the weekend.

UDC won Mochudi East, a constituency they lost when slain legislator, Isaac Davids crossed floors to the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).

One could have mistaken the mood at the recent Mochudi East by-election for a choral competition, as members of political parties kept the virgil with dikhwaere songs. UDC were more vocal, having started right as ballot boxes were arriving for the counting at Molefi Senior Secondary School.

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Of Bakgatla, Dikhwaere And UDC Triumph

Pelotshweu boela mannong, mmatla sa gagwe o se bone. This Setswana saying, meaning one has to be happy when one finally gets what they always wanted, could best describe the joy felt by Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) members over the weekend.