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BCP has fielded Brooks for Kgalagadi South by-election

Botswana Congress Party (BCP) is returning to the political battlefield in Kgalagadi South constituency, entering the upcoming by-election with renewed energy and a bold declaration, it has confirmed.

The opposition party wants to reclaim its space in the southern part of the country and to build lasting political momentum ahead of the 2029 General Election. In line with that, the Dumelang Saleshando-led BCP that last contested the constituency in 2014 has fielded Tshepang Brooks for Kgalagadi South by-election.

The party then set out the 2019 General Election in the constituency due to internal opposition coalition arrangements that saw the area allocated to the Botswana National Front (BNF) under the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC).

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