BPF NEC to take action against refractory members
Monday, June 19, 2023 | 430 Views |
Biggie Butale PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
He told The Monitor on Saturday that any party member who had supported or played a role in endorsing an independent candidate at the Palapye by-election for the Mmaphula ward contravened the decision taken by the NEC.
Some of the BPF members who were launching an independent candidate, Pelotlhomogi Ntebang over the weekend at Palapye include Phagenyane Phage, Moiseraela Goya, Botsalo Morotsi, Nnana Sedabadi, Goloswang Ramogala and Molaemang Nkganetsang.
These are not ordinary times. Yet, history reminds us that this nation has navigated difficult waters before and did so by clinging firmly to the principles of prudence and macroeconomic stability. From independence in 1966, Botswana chose a path few resource-rich countries managed to sustain. Diamond revenues were not treated as windfalls for reckless expansion, but as capital to be managed with caution. The establishment of fiscal rules,...