Mogalakwe stumbles at finish line

Attorney Patrick Kgoadi said they would assess their prospects of winning their appeal before they could make a decision. The issue arose after the High Court dismissed Mogalakwe’s petition with costs on the 90th day within which election petitions can be heard. Mogalakwe approached the Court complaining about irregularities during the poll.

The former councillor for Mosolotshane-Moralane ward had taken Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) to Court pleading for the outcome of the ward in the Shoshong constituency to be declared null and void. He claimed that the elections were not free and fair.