Scramble for Gabs causes BDP headache
Monday, May 08, 2023 | 350 Views |
Tsholetsa House PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Gaborone Regional Committee chairperson, Lepsy Mosope and his team have been fingered in an elaborate scheme to assist Janjaweed faction councillors and preferred Members of Parliament (MP) who voted for him to return to office unopposed later this year. Mosope has however rubbished the claims stating that it is people who do not want to respect the party’s constitution who are complaining.
The Regional Committee is being accused by various campaign teams of sponsoring the complete disruption and halting of membership registration in the region. It has been established that since membership registration started in earnest last year in November not a single constituency has been able to process a single membership card.
A young man suspected of breaking into a car was seized by residents, severely assaulted, and died in the hospital within an hour. We unreservedly condemn this mob justice. It is not a solution to crime, but a criminal offence that turns citizens into murderers.Residents are understandably angry about theft. The person who raised the alarm at 4am acted lawfully, and the neighbours who rushed to help showed community spirit. But what followed was...