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BDP vets out four Bulela Ditswa hopefuls

BDP primaries will be held at the end of June or in the first week of July PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
BDP primaries will be held at the end of June or in the first week of July PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has disqualified one aspiring Member of Parliament (MP) candidate and three councillor hopefuls from contesting in the party’s primary elections which are popularly known as Bulela Ditswe.

This follows a revelation on Wednesday by party president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, that more people will be removed from the list of aspiring candidates because they ‘breached’ the party code on primaries.

Mmegi has learnt that the BDP Central Committee (CC) has vetted out four aspirant candidates for indiscipline and disloyalty. The ruling party was in the headlines last month for vetting out some potential Bulela Ditswe candidates and now the axe has returned to claim more.


Editor's Comment
Deadly weekend demands immediate vigilance

The heartbreaking reports carried elsewhere on this publication of a woman killed in Metsimotlhabe and four family members perishing near Metsimaswaana Bridge are, devastatingly, not isolated incidents. They represent the sharp, painful tip of a weekend that has seen far too many collisions, injuries, and losses on the roads. This alarming spike in fatalities is a screaming siren we cannot ignore. It compels a direct and urgent plea to every...

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