Can Rammidi convince BCP on home soil?

Rammidi
Rammidi

When Kentse Rammidi resigned as Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) secretary general almost six years ago, he did not say much, except that his former party had shelved democracy to be a one-man show.

Now with the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), he stated then that the BDP was “run on the basis of the leader’s opinion” and that other members of the party were rendered irrelevant. Rammidi had earlier resigned his position of assistant minister of Local Government, as it was then called.

He temporarily declared himself an independent MP before joining the Botswana National Front (BNF) on transit to BCP within a space of six months.

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Let’s put the fight against crime in action

But as the conference concludes, Batswana must ask: Will this be another talk shop, or will it spark real change? The answer lies in whether every stakeholder, from the President to community leaders, transforms rhetoric into action.The President rightly highlighted that crime, especially GBV, thrives in private spaces. His call to empower churches and counsellors as early warning systems is sensible. But good ideas mean little without funding...

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