Is AP a BDP revitalization manoeuvre?

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Ndaba Gaolathe ‘s shop is built on hate - abject hatred for a few individuals, and one person in particular. But, we have sung from this songbook before.

The reason that Gaolathe (and Wynter Mmolotsi) gave for jumping the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) ship was that he abhorred Khama’s dictatorial actions. Now he has to jump the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) ship because he hates someone else. This time it is not even clear what the individual did.

In 1990, soon after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela was challenged by an American journalist to explain his friendship and affection for Yasser Arafat, Colonel Gadaffi and Fidel Castro.

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Is AP a BDP revitalization manoeuvre?

Ndaba Gaolathe ‘s shop is built on hate - abject hatred for a few individuals, and one person in particular. But, we have sung from this songbook before.