Knives Out For Maele

Monday, December 17, 2018

Member of Parliament for Lerala/Maunatlala, Prince Maele, is under attack from his party colleagues. The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) members in the Lerala/Maunatlala constituency are allegedly hatching a plan to have him suspended.

Amongst the members are Pinny Morupisi, who is wife to Permanent Secretary to the President and the man he defeated during the party’s primary elections, Sethabelo Modukanele.

The duo along with six other BDP members wrote a letter to the party’s secretary general, Mpho Balopi, complaining about Maele’s behaviour at a Kgotla meeting addressed by former president, Ian Khama, at Moremi on November 16, 2018.

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Knives Out For Maele

Member of Parliament for Lerala/Maunatlala, Prince Maele, is under attack from his party colleagues. The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) members in the Lerala/Maunatlala constituency are allegedly hatching a plan to have him suspended.