BDP NYEC Seeks Advice From Central Committee
Monday, September 18, 2017
NYEC has nine vacant posts after the BDP president last week suspended nine members from the youth committee.
The members are suspended for 60 days pending hearing. The suspended include NYEC secretary Thabo Autlwetse, treasurer Bruce Nkgakile, Information officer Kabo Ketshogile, deputy secretary Onneile Segwai and other youth members Sekano Bodio, Thatayaone Serema, Kitso Masebedi and Patience Kaelo. The nine suspended members are facing changes of behaving in a grossly disorderly and unruly manner that might put the name of the party into disrepute, sowing seeds of discord in the party using regionalism, tribalism or factionalism and contemptuous behaviour towards party leadership and other members.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....