BCP washes hands off 'Motigage'
Friday, May 05, 2023 | 600 Views |

DR Kesitegile Gobotswang
Reports show that Moti allegedly wanted to extract hugely favourable concessions from the State, grafting onto Botswana the sort of grand plans he had seemingly tried to set in motion in Zimbabwe years before. Moti is the owner of the Moti Group a conglomerate with a diverse international portfolio including mining, property development and aviation.
Asked how far the BCP was to the developments, BCP’s Dr Kesitegile Gobotswang told the media in a press conference yesterday that the UDC National Executive Committee (NEC) realised then that UDC president Duma Boko was using other member parties to mobilise money from Moti. “We asked where he asked for funds and how much he got. We asked if the money was going to come through the treasurer or not. We explained so many times that we should stay away from the issues because the financiers are his friends and they could only send money to him. Boko told us he would see how fit to use the money,” Gobotswang explained.
Sadly, the country seems not to have proper tools and the extent to which women and the girl-child are being abused is not adequately measured.Almost every week there are reports of women being attacked by their significant others and while men are attacked as well, women seem to be more on the receiving end.On May 24, 2023 news broke that a woman who was receiving support from the Botswana Gender-Based Violence Prevention Centre in Gaborone, was...