BCP starts early Francistown campaigns

The BCP fancies its chances in Francistown and is staging rallies to win council and parliamentary seats.

Speaking at one of the rallies last weekend, the BCP council candidate for Boikhutso Ward, Onkokame Mosweu regretted that Batswana continue to live in abject poverty in a rich country. He expressed concern that there is a high rate of unemployment in the country. "This country is rich in diamonds but almost everything is exported. Copper from Selebi-Phikwe is exported while manufacturing industries can be set up to process it and create employment. Let us borrow a leaf from Zimbabwe. Before the current woes, they showed that the leather tannery business was a viable economic enterprise. We used to buy leather products there," Mosweu said.