BNF internal fights might cost UDC
Friday, September 20, 2019
UDC supporters
Last minute shudders in the form of urgent applications for the re-run of primary elections in some wards in the constituency are likely to loosen BNF’s grip. Now rivals, Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) would be happy to pick up the pieces and fasten their own stranglehold on the constituency and ultimately power national level.
BNF’s unhappy members, Celsius Rambe and Fetumba Motsholopi are demanding a re-run of primary elections in some of the wards in the constituency.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...