Shortage of land, Mokgware�s priority
Thursday, October 30, 2014
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Mokgware
Mokgware stood against Lesedi Mmusi and Mzambia Dibe of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and Botswana Congress Party (BCP) respectively in the Gabane-Mmankgodi constituency.
Mokgware won the hotly contested constituency by 7,155 votes beating BDP’s Mmusi who got 6,833 and BCP’s Dibe who was voted by 3,056 people.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...