The evolution of opposition politics in Botswana

I have come to discover the reason why military generals seem to be so much at home in the battlefield of politics. Losing ground and finding ways of taking it back characterises the way any war is conducted. In the case of the BDP, they have lost a very prime piece of real estate in Good Hope/Mabule and they are determined to wrestle it back from the opposition. Battle lines have been drawn and the assault on the objective is tomorrow.

Certainly, money has been a big factor in the run up to this by-election. Starting with the resignation of the MP all the way to the resignation of a councillor in the neighbouring Lobatse constituency, money has played a big role.