Court To Rule On Kaudwane/Serilatholo Petition
Monday, February 17, 2020
A panel of three judges, Gaopalelwe Ketlogetswe, Itumeleng Segopolo and Omphemetse Motumise will deliver the ruling. The petitioner, Maneke Segootsane of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) contend that there was Alliance for Progressives’ (AP) symbol on the ballot paper, yet the party did not contest in that particular ward.
According to court papers, AP had not nominated a candidate for the said council election and therefore its symbol confused voters. Segootsane got 486 votes while Gopolang Tower Segwaba of Botswana Democratic Party garnered 525 voters.
The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...