My own people toppled me-Mponwane

The council last week tabled a motion-of-no-confidence against Mponwane and voted him out in abstentia, for alleged incompetence. Moponwane was the first opposition member to deputise the ruling party mayor in Selebi-Phikwe. He was elected by the mayor, in a move that riled ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) councillors.

He said during an interview yesterday that he saw it coming. "In fact I was supposed to have been ousted in December last year. The council is innocent this time, but the problem is within our party," he said. Mponwane, who is disappointed at the turn of events, said his case is just the tip of the iceberg of the irreconcilable differences within the BCP and stressed that councillors were responsible.