Ntsima headed to BDP? :: Mmegi Online

FRANCISTOWN: An imminent arrival of the Tireoane Ntsima into the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) fold is likely to exacerbate instability within the party’s Francistown South constituency and by extension the Francistown region.

Last week after quitting the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), Ntsima was still to decide which party to join. However, various sources have indicated that it was only a matter of time before he was officially welcomed into the ruling BDP.

“ He has agreed in principle that he will join the party (BDP),” an insider at BDP said this week. Last week, Ntsima said that he intended to contest the 2024 general elections as a parliamentary candidate. “ I am currently in a cooling off period but I will decide which party I am joining soon,” Ntsima said this week in a follow-up interview before confirming that some key BDP members in the constituency were asking him join the party.

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