Tonota North candidates seek boost in Ikalanga names

FRANCISTOWN: Can a person's name be used as a tool to help one to win elections? This is a question that is asked based on the latest developments in the Tonota North constituency ahead of the September 4 by-election.

It seems the candidates' names have become a factor that could possibly influence one to be endorsed in a political race.

People have started treading carefully to ensure that they make the right choices even in the use of their names to remind potential voters who they are. One of the candidates has been forced by circumstances to revert to the use of his Ikalanga name in the campaign material being distributed in the vacant Tonota North.

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