How Kgosi reformed �Hardrock� to �sta soft�

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Boko and Lotlamoreng celebrate with other UDC members. PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

Despite predictions that the Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Eric Molale had won the race before it even started, Kgosi Lotlamoreng proved his mettle a few days before the by-elections.

After flying around in a hired chopper with the leader of the opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), Duma Boko, Lotlamoreng managed to even the game at the last minute.

When the mighty Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) took advantage of its incumbency by using state resources to campaign in the Goodhope/Mabule constituency, the UDC used its own resources. Amongst its strategies, the BDP deployed cabinet ministers and backbenchers to campaign for Molale.

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How Kgosi reformed �Hardrock� to �sta soft�

Despite predictions that the Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Eric Molale had won the race before it even started, Kgosi Lotlamoreng proved his mettle a few days before the by-elections.