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Monday, July 28, 2008
The Health Minister was beaten in her South East South constituency by Odirile Motlhale who got 2,065 votes. Motsumi polled 1,038 votes while Ishoo Abdulla got 362. Maun West MP Ronald Ridge will not be in the next Parliament after he was whitewashed at the nominations by Batawana paramount chief Tawana Moremi. Once a victim of the BDP's vetting exercise, Tawana made his come back by polling 1,394 votes while Ridge got 976. However, in Maun East, Frank Ramsden stood his ground with 1 665 votes against his challenger Claude Gabanakemo who got 416.
In Kgatleng West, legislator Rakwadi Modipane failed to resist the challenge of Gilbert Mangole. The MP got 1,089 votes as Mangole marched to victory with 1,786 votes. Initially it was reported that Modipane will make way for Mangole in Kgatleng West but the two applied to contest the primaries.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...