Balopi quits Cabinet, expected to resign as BDP Secretary General
Friday, December 24, 2021 | 4270 Views |
Mpho Balopi PC. THALEFANG CHARLES
This follows his immediate resignation as a cabinet minister this morning. Balopi and President Mokgweetsi Masisi have not been in good terms lately. Masisi had even informed some party elders as well as other cabinet members about the fallout.
Balopi will become just an ordinary Member of Parliament for Gaborone North.
“A genuine leader is not a searcherfor consensus but a molder of consensus.”–Martin Luther King Jr.Personality wars at Gaborone City Council (GCC), Palapye District Council and recently at Francistown City Council are holding back developments as civic leaders are increasingly consumed by internal power struggles, personality clashes and political factionalism. The latest developments at the GCC are particularly troubling. The postponement...