Temperatures boil at BFA
Friday, May 15, 2026 | 130 Views |
Corridors of power: Lekidi Centre PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
There are reports of betrayal and backstabbing as some allies who walked hand-in-hand in the lead-up to the 2024 victory are now growing apart.
The upcoming BFA regional elections, will be a test of character for Babitseng, who faces dissent for the first time since he came into office on September 14, 2024. The elections form a crucial part of Babitseng's survival, as much as they are key to his critics who are plotting his downfall. As they form part of the electoral college, which will test Babitseng's resolve.
“Betrayal hurts, but knowingwho was betraying hurts even more.”- Garima SoniWhat the men of Ditlharapa, Molete and neighbouring villages uncovered is a cross-border enterprise. The modus operandi, as the suspect himself reportedly confessed, is industrial: groups operating in multiple villages, fences cut with impunity, stolen goats walked into South Africa, warehoused at Makhubung, then sold in batches of 200 to a commercial farmer in...