Motshegwa the sacrificial lamb :: Mmegi Online

After being given a new lease of life, the Botswana National Front (BNF) secretary-general (SG), Ketlhalefile Motshegwa, says he gave away his candidacy to the Alliance for Progressives (AP) president Ndaba Goalathe because the latter deserved it more.

Motshegwa was set to contest for the Gaborone Bonnington South constituency Member of Parliament (MP) seat again but when the Alliance for Progressives (AP) joined the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) last year, it meant that the veteran trade unionist had to make way for Gaolathe. Gaolathe and Motshegwa fought on opposites sides in 2019, but voter splitting between the two gave the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) a chance to snatch away the area from the opposition.

Gaolathe was the incumbent at the time and he came second with 3, 461 votes. Motshegwa was third with 2, 367 votes in a constituency that was won by the BDP’s Christian Greeff with 4, 603 votes. This past weekend during Gaolathe’s launch, Motshegwa said after contesting for the Gaborone Bonnington South MP seat in the 2019 General Election, he sat down with Gaolathe to decide who gets to contest.