Lesole, a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) councillor for Tsogang ward aligned to the Barata-Phathi faction, was giving her acceptance speech after beating Florence Shagwa of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) 21 -7 in the mayoral elections yesterday. It was announced that the Ministry of Local Government has amended the Council and Township Act for the mayor's tenure to be extended to two-and-a-half years and subject to renewal. "It was a case of majority rules in this election but when we return for the real business we must work together for the common goal of developing the city. We must not sit back and say 'we finally made it to council so everything is fine with us'. We owe it to those people who voted us in here," she said.
Lesole urged the councillors to see to it that the committees in the wards, like village development committees (VDCs) and the parent-teachers associations (PTAs) do their work. "We must deliver on the promises we made to the voters when campaigning. This is a time that everyone should see to it that change comes to the city," Lesole said.
