Mashaba takes on Nkawana

Nkawana
Nkawana

With just a day to go before Botswana Congress Party (BCP) goes for its primaries, Member of Parliament (MP) for Selibe-Phikwe East, Kgoberego Nkawana's camp is upbeat in the full knowledge that the ground favours them. Nkawana has the youthful Dimpho Mashaba as a challenger.

While Mashaba is said to be popular amongst some sections of the party, in favour of Nkawana are incumbency and the fact that he is running a well-oiled campaign machinery.

“Incumbency is going to help Nkawana to win the primaries compared to his contender.

Editor's Comment
BDP primaries leave a lot to be desired

The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...

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