Masisi enters the volatile CDC

Masisi addressing Gamangwato kgotla meeting PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Masisi addressing Gamangwato kgotla meeting PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

After seemingly ignoring the vow made by the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) to bring the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) to its knees in the vast Central District (Council), CDC as it is popularly known, President Mokgweetsi Masisi has now moved into real action. He entered the CDC in earnest recently as his party canvasses for support in the Central District ahead of the October general elections through Kgotla meetings, which are political rallies in disguise. Mmegi Staff Writer RYDER GABATHUSE reports

FRANCISTOWN: It is apparent that the President’s handlers do not want to leave anything to chance by encouraging their man to take the bull by the horns.

The Kgotla meetings in the CDC might seem routine as some people suggest, but it is not mere coincidence that the meetings come at a time when the BPF had vowed to take the CDC by storm and demonstrate their strength in the area touted as the new kid on the block to the Central District masses as an alternative vehicle that will carry the hopes of the people of GammaNgwato.  There has been hullaballoo that the ruling BDP will bid farewell to State power.

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