Confessions of a codeine junkie
Friday, February 07, 2014
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Nineteen year-old Mompati has just completed his Form Three at Bokamoso Junior School and he performed fairly well. He lives in Gaborone's high-density neighbourhood of Bontleng with his older brother Phemelo, a varsity dropout who has no job and already feels like a huge disappointment to his family.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...