Matante East by-election gets dirty
Wednesday, March 09, 2016
Nyeku, who is the younger brother to the late former Phillip Matante East councillor Shadreck Nyeku, has been accused by rival camps of using a bus belonging to the party to do house-to-house campaigns. Other candidates use their resources in the campaign.
The BMD, a partner party in the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), will hold the primaries in the ward this Saturday.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....