VP Lesang, Seretse dump BPF
Wednesday, February 01, 2023 | 2750 Views |

Carolina Lesang PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) vice president, Caroline Lesang has resigned from the party with immediate effect. A letter from her dated February 1, 2023, reads: “Please accept this letter as my formal resignation from the BPF.
I write formally to resign from my position as the party‘s vice president and subsequently also resign from the BPF National Executive Committee (NEC) and its auxiliary committees with immediate effect.
Particular trepidations lie with the seemingly embedded nature of embellishing tender sums, in most cases without the barest minimum of authority. The worrying thing is that the inflated amounts run into millions of pula across the government ministries and departments. The Auditor General’s report of March ending 2022, which we cover extensively in this edition, paints a gloomy picture on management of the government coffers. It depicts the...