How incumbents ring fence positions

Sometimes the differences picked during the campaigns for party positions unnecessarily metamorphose into fully blown hatred and enmity among party activists. Take for example, former senior cabinet member Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi who fell out of favour with her former principal, President Mokgweetsi Masisi for merely declaring her interest to challenge him (Masisi) for both State and party presidency.

That was at a time when the party was heading to Kang for its elective congress. Instead of celebrating that Venson-Moitoi was the first female politician to enrich inner party democracy by challenging the sitting president, her move was treated as insult to the leadership. She was not only dropped from the Masisi-led Cabinet, but was also castigated for causing ‘instability’.