BDP preaches compromise for Nata-Gweta primaries

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During the 2013 Bulela Ditswe season, a record 108 complaints were lodged before the party PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

FRANCISTOWN: Compromise will form part of President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s agenda when he departs for Nata on Saturday to hold a star rally.

The BDP will hold its primary elections, commonly known as Bulela Ditswe in the vernacular, sometimes this month to choose candidates who will represent it in the General Election in October.

There is documented evidence that the BDP primaries also leave it divided in some constituencies where some party activists at council and parliamentary levels feel that they were not conducted according to the dictates of the party constitution.

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BDP preaches compromise for Nata-Gweta primaries

FRANCISTOWN: Compromise will form part of President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s agenda when he departs for Nata on Saturday to hold a star rally.