BDP goes all out in Goodhope/Mabule

The team, which is expected to start its tour next week in all the nine wards in the constituency, will also comprise two delegates from each ward. This came to light after the constituency wrote to the party central committee informing them that the constituency could only become winnable if all party members were consulted in order to know what the problem could be in the area. 

“The problem for Goodhope/Mabule started in 2013 when BDP members kept on speaking amongst themselves in the area, showing some displeasure on how party primaries were being conducted. For the first time after many years, the party lost this constituency with a margin of 611 to the opposition, something that surprised us as democrats. But surprisingly in the meetings, members pretended as if everything was fine. Things became even more clearer when we lost the Goodhope ward during the by-election. Out of nine wards, we lost one. Goodhope ward is one of our strongholds,” Motsaathebe said.