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‘Sisiboy’ charms Shoshong

Masisi charming villagers PIC: SHARON MATHALA
Masisi charming villagers PIC: SHARON MATHALA

Endowed with the gift of the garb, President Mokgweetsi Masisi, whose oratory skills have often set him apart from his peers, over the weekend charmed Shoshong villagers who in the last general election diametrically rejected his party after many years of loyalty. Writes Mmegi Staffer RYDER GABATHUSE

At the pinnacle of his address, Masisi commonly known by a moniker ‘Sisiboy’ in political circles, seemingly ‘dribbled’ the villagers when he flavoured his address with a tone purely conciliatory in nature. At the outset of his address, he mentioned his consideration to smoke a peace pipe with his now sworn nemesis and predecessor former president Ian Khama known to the villagers.

For starters, Masisi fell out with Khama on the verge of the 2019 General Elections over various issues to the extent that the latter acrimoniously resigned from the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and took part in the formation of the opposition Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) where he pioneered as the patron.

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