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'Unshaken’ Butale’s nine lives

Monday, June 12, 2023 | 370 Views |

Butale reading court order PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

“Even if I was a box of Chibuku they wouldn’t shake me,” posted Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) president, Biggie Butale on Facebook after his court victory on Friday.

The way Butale falls and dusts himself off again is something of a marvel as he has become the party’s comeback kid in the many ways he overcomes bad publicity and rebounds to victory.

But in all the rebounds Butale, a lawyer by profession, has followed one functional template which is the courts of law. Butale’s latest win saw him return to the helm of BPF after four days on the sidelines.

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'Unshaken’ Butale’s nine lives

“Even if I was a box of Chibuku they wouldn’t shake me,” posted Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) president, Biggie Butale on Facebook after his court victory on Friday.