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Butale defies BPF's threat

BPF members at Bokamoso JSS PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
BPF members at Bokamoso JSS PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Ousted founding president of the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF), Biggie Butale, has shown defiance in the face of a stern warning from his former party.

Over the weekend, Butale convened a gathering in Gaborone, drawing supporters adorned in the party's trademark yellow attire and presenting himself as both a member and the president of the BPF.

This follows the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) having issued a cease and desist notice through their legal representatives, JJ Matomela Attorneys, to stop Butale's claim as the BPF president. In the letter dated September 6, 2023, addressed to Butale's attorneys at Kole Law Practice, the BPF NEC pointed out Butale's awareness of a court judgment by Justice Zein Kebonang, affirming the lawfulness of his expulsion from the BPF.

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