Consensus for BDP in Tlokweng unlikely
Friday, December 16, 2016
The BDP is looking for a candidate who does not belong to any faction for the imminent by-election. Factionalism is blamed for the 2014 general elections loss in this constituency. This scourge saw a candidate who won the primary elections, Elijah Katse being suspended by President Ian Khama and replaced by former MP Olebile Gaborone.
Gaborone suffered an embarrassing defeat at the hands of the late Same Bathobake of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) with 6,442 against 3,867. The Botswana Congress Party’s (BCP) Jacob Zachariah came third with 1,195 votes. The BCP is expected to rally behind the UDC candidate since the two parties have a memorandum of agreement for by-elections. The position of Tlokweng MP became vacant after the death of Bathobakae late last month.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...