Stakeholders gear for general elections

The stakeholders are motivated by various reasons. Segametsi Modisaotsile of the Emang Basadi Political Education Project says that as part of the Botswana Elections Support Network (BETSNET), they will take part in the election observation exercise in 2014.

"Our mandate has been compromised by lack of funds as our sponsors are not able to fund some of our projects.However, I am happy to say that we have held workshops in Kgalagadi North and Ngwaketse West areas to sensitise women on governance. The effort has produced potential women candidates for the 2014 general elections," she says. She hopes that the effort to educate voters to appreciate women candidates would bear fruit. "Democracy is about equal representation," she says. Emang Basadi had representatives in the committee that administered the redrawing of ward boundaries following the delimitation exercise.