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Tight race anticipated in Lepokole-Borotsi by-election

Monday, December 18, 2023 | 480 Views |

FRANCISTOWN: With only a few days left before the Lepokole-Borotsi by-election, parties are leaving nothing to chance to clinch the ward.

The by-election was occasioned by the resignation of a former Botswana Congress Party (BCP) councilor, Motseothata Mafoko, from active politics for a Civic Society Organisation (CSO) job.

In the 2019 General Election, Mafoko who was deployed by the BCP to stand for the polls under the banner of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), won the ward with 1,701 votes.

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Tight race anticipated in Lepokole-Borotsi by-election

FRANCISTOWN: With only a few days left before the Lepokole-Borotsi by-election, parties are leaving nothing to chance to clinch the ward.