Butale is still no BPF member – Reatile
Friday, July 28, 2023 | 210 Views |
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But vice president and supposedly acting president of the party, Mephato Reatile, says Butale is still expelled and that his fate is yet to be decided in a different court case. Butale won yet another court case this week in as many rounds against his nemesis within the party, the people he feels some power hungry members of his party want to ‘steal’ his presidency.
It seems like Butale’s victory was short-lived because there is yet another case he filed before Broadhurst Magistrate’s Court and in this one he is contesting his suspension and expulsion from the party.
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