Billy rubbishes bad blood allegation

Billy PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Billy PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

FRNCISTOWN: On Wednesday Kwambala surprised many when he accepted  the nomination for the position of Francistown Mayor.

In doing so, Kwambala, who holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from the University of Botswana, risked curtailing his stellar political career because he defied the BDP caucus.

Recently, the BDP caucus gave the immediate past deputy mayor of Francistown; Godisang Radisigo the green light to stand for the position of the city mayor against the opposition after nine people voted for him during party’s caucus. In another development, Assistant Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Culture Development, Billy has vehemently denied bad blood claims. When asked to give his side of the story, Billy rubbished allegations of bad blood between him and Kwambala as “mendacious propaganda”.

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BDP primaries leave a lot to be desired

The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...

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