BCP youth feud over UDC cooperation

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An aspirant for the Botswana Congress Party Youth League (BCPYL) presidency has earned the wrath of members for promoting cooperation with the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC).

Tate Moalosi has been labelled a mole for postings on Facebook expressing support for cooperation with the UDC. Detractors have declared him a UDC sympathiser and vowed to vote for his opponent Macdonald Rakgare, the frontrunner in the race. 

“Owai ga e kake wa go bona boss ke lona ba lorumilweng gore leye go thakathanya party ya rona tsamaya ka kgotso ko UDC ntata,” commented one party member, adding in English that “Moalosi has been sent to cause misunderstanding within the party and therefore he should just join UDC”.

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