New BDPYL Broom Ready To Sweep

Karabo Gomotsegang (right) is the new BDPYL chairperson
Karabo Gomotsegang (right) is the new BDPYL chairperson

RAKOPS: The newly elected Botswana Democratic Party Youth League (BDPYL) chairperson, Karabo Gomotsegang has identified sluggish implementation of policies by government and party unity as his first assignment to tackle after ascending to the top seat of the party’s youth structure.

He was speaking in an interview after he triumphed at the BDPYL elective congress that was attended by hundreds of young turks and some party leaders over the weekend.

Gomotsegang reckoned his party carried fundamental policies ahead of the national elections that must be implemented swiftly to douse rampant youth unemployment and national poverty. Creation of employment opportunities for the youth, he said, was chief amongst his strategies. He believed it could be achieved by transforming policies into laws to bind government into implementing on pronouncements.

Editor's Comment
Gov’t must rectify recognition of Khama as Kgosi

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....

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