BNYC suspends director

In a press release last week, BNYC chairman, Chomi Letlole, said the youth organisation has suspended Mabjeng and reversed the co-option of another board member, Tshepo Serame. The statement said the decisions have been taken because the two are politically active "while at the same time they serve on the BNYC board, against the Presidential Directive of 1974 (Cap 9/74). "Our involvement in active party politics has the potential to tarnish the good image of the organisation and as such should be stopped," reads the statement.

Serame has been associated with the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).  Mabjeng is a former member of the ruling party but now an independent councillor in Tswapong North.