Khama targets Barata-Phathi heartland
Friday, April 30, 2010
It is apparent the BDP top brass is fed up with the political brouhaha, which continues to dominate politics in the three Francistown constituencies. Francistown South and West constituencies are under Barata-Phathi which has transformed into a party, the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) while East is controlled by the A-Team faction of the BDP.
In the last general elections, the A-Team escaped by a whisker in the East with Foreign Affairs Minister, Phandu Skelemani winning by 568 votes.
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...