Hail, Mr President!
Monday, November 04, 2019
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President Mokgweetsi Masisi inaguration. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Friday was a blissful day for Masisi, his family, fellow ruling party members and Batswana at large as he was sworn in.
Masisi’s way to the presidency of Botswana has been one riddled with many obstacles, probably the toughest ever.
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...