BCP pulls another first with SMS donation
Friday, April 11, 2014
BCP leaadership
On Monday, BCP sent out messages on social media telling members across the breath of the country that the party has introduced a donation mobile SMS line.
All one needs to do is sms the word ‘Donate’ to number 16506, and P1 will go into the party account to help finance the expensive electioneering of its candidates. According the newly appointed BCP campaign manager Thapelo Ndlovu, the party was thinking beyond the traditional fund raising methods and exploring new innovations.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...