Defiant Moswaane falls on his sword

Friday, July 17, 2020

When the ruling Botswana Democratic party (BDP) parliamentary caucus purports to speak with one voice, Francistown West legislator and maverick politician Ignatius Moswaane has always been the odd one out. Mmegi Staff Writers RYDER GABATHUSE & CHAKALISA DUBE reflect on the fearless MP’s care-free character that has always brought him face-to-face with his party leadership as President Mokgweetsi Masisi suspends him for 60 days from the party this week

FRANCISTOWN: Brave and/or defiant, Moswaane is not your typical conformist who simply tows the line of his political principals, or acquiesce to party rules just because he has to.

He has become a staunch critic of the President Masisi-led Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) government construing the current administration as failing its people.

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