Tenacious Mamela soldiers on

Friday, August 12, 2011

After failing to return to Parliament for the past three general elections, Botswana Congress Party's Vain Mamela tells Mmegi Staffer RYDER GABATHUSE he is determined to soldier on as he is driven by an urge to represent the interests of the poor than to enrich himself

FRANCISTOWN: "With me politics is a calling, it's my church and we shall remain inseparable," declares former Francistown West Member of Parliament (MP), Vain Mamela.

Despite that since 2009, it has not been possible for him to amass sufficient votes during general elections to ensure his return to Parliament, Mamela is surely destined to fight on until he is possibly voted in.

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Tenacious Mamela soldiers on

After failing to return to Parliament for the past three general elections, Botswana Congress Party's Vain Mamela tells Mmegi Staffer RYDER GABATHUSE he is determined to soldier on as he is driven by an urge to represent the interests of the poor than to enrich himself

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