Ramogapi wins Palapye BCP primaries

Ramogapi beat Gaampone by 843 votes to 411. Ramogapi, formerly ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) councillor, will have a tough task to wrestle the Palapye seat from his former party. The constituency has been in BDP hands since 1966 general elections. Ramogapi now fills in the shoes of a long time political activist James Olesitse.

Olesitse retired in 2015 after losing the 2014 general elections to Moiseraela Goya of the BDP. The veteran politician was active in politics for about 38 years before he threw in the towel after failing to unseat the ruling party in Palapye.