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'Baby' Labour Party promises clean politics

BLP members PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
BLP members PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

If the attendance of the inaugural Botswana Labour Party (BLP) is anything to go by, it is safe to say the party is bound to struggle with membership growth.

While party congresses are usually attended by masses from all over the country, the BLP could only attract less than 100 people from for the congress held at Lobatse Senior Secondary School over the weekend.

With the small following, the party believes it can still contribute positively to Botswana’s democracy with clean politics.

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