Pilane Bails Out Thutlwe :: Mmegi Online

Gaborone Mayor, Kagiso Thutlwe may be off the hook for rape charges after the complainant, Sesame Nakedi withdrew the case against him. According to reliable sources, the move was anchored and executed by Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) president, Sidney Pilane.

Pilane has been known as a financially muscular man, who has been helping a lot of BMD members with money and other things, especially for the benefit of their party. On Saturday, secretary general of the BMD Youth League, Leak Seboko together with Nakedi and another member were on radio stating that they wanted Pilane to step aside as president of the party as he was misruling.

This came a few days after a leaked conversation of UDC leadership WhatsApp group showed that there was a rift between Pilane and Dumelang Saleshando of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP). The trio spoke of how Pilane financially helped most BMD members including them.

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