Will the civil politicians please step forward?

Friday, August 30, 2019

Election day will be announced anytime now PIC: Moreri Sejakgomo

Fears of State and political capture are gripping the country’s social and political discourse. Steve Harvey and President Masisi’s Gaborone townhall is sending the youth into wonder on whether the intervention will just be another townhall without deliverables. Opposition parties are still going to court to argue about the legitimacy of their unholy alliances.

Parliament has just been dissolved, an election date now seems imminent and fears of a hung Parliament in October are growing stronger.

Former president Ian Khama is still on his ‘influential’ pilgrimage to unseat the Botswana Democratic Party from its stronghold in the Central District. At the same time parts of the country are experiencing severe drought.

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Will the civil politicians please step forward?