'I will rise again' Moswaane is never one to let go :: Mmegi Online

FRANCISTOWN: The legendary Harry Houdini escaped many tight situations like holding his breath in a sealed milk can and managing to come out of it. According to Wikipedia, the magician is also said to have been buried alive and emerged groggy, but intact.

Dubbed Francistown’s most colourful politician, Ignatius Mokwaledi Moswaane shares some of the feats displayed by the Hungarian-American. Moswaane has always managed to overcome his challenges. In 2003 during his bid to make a debut as Monarch South councillor Moswaane faced a host of challenges.

First, no one gave him a chance during the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primaries ahead of the 2004 general elections against Lyzer Maguswi, who was the area councillor at the time. The 50-year-old Sefhare-born was deemed a greenhorn, a novice who was an unknown quantity compared to a well-oiled politician like Maguswi.

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