Barata-phathi stake their campaign on democracy

The Kedikilwe-Kwelagobe faction, as Barata-phathi are otherwise known, has apparently decided to take on their more formidable Nkate-Merafhe adversaries who count on President Ian Khama to reinforce their fortress.

The factions are using rallies to introduce election candidates as the launch-pad for attacks on each other only a month before their party's next congress in Kanye. Outspoken MP (Specially Elected) who is running in Gaborone West South, Botsalo Ntuane, set the scene when he spoke on "Democracy and the Constitution" last Sunday in Matshelagabedi: