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Edward Mpoloka
  • Women leader's resignation linked to chaotic leadership

    The President of Botswana National Front (BNF) Women’s League Dr Bonang Nkoane has resigned from her position in the party, and according to sources close to the party leadership, her decision to resign from the Women’s League portfolio is a...

  • BDP specially-elected councillor joins BPP

    The Botswana Peoples party (BPP) over the weekend welcomed Gilbert Boikhutso, Specially Elected Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) councillor at a rally at Gerald Estate in Francistown. The welcoming activity was led by the party president Motlatsi...

  • - There is still hope to welcome the BCP into UDC - Moswaane

    Francistown West Member of Parliament (MP), Ignatius Moswaane has expressed frustration and disappointment with the leadership of Botswana Congress Party (BCP), which bolted out of the coalition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) following a fall...

  • BCP candidates confident of a general election win

    Botswana Congress Party (BCP) winners of the just-ended party primary elections are confident of prevailing over both the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and the opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC).A significant number of them are...

  • Madibelatlhopho to turn blind eye to UDC internal rigging

    Indications are that both the ruling and opposition parties in Botswana engage in electoral misconduct. This is according to insiders, some of whom have been victims of the menace of election rigging by their fellow party members.While the ruling...

  • UDC partner parties position themselves for Francistown East

    For the past few months, the Alliance for Progressives (AP), the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) and Botswana Peoples’ Party (BPP) have been hyper-active in the Francistown East constituency, each looking to own it on behalf of the coalition...

  • Molapisi warns of BPP extinction if more attention goes to UDC

    The president of Botswana Peoples’ Party (BPP), Motlatsi Molapisi has called on his party members to always protect it so that it does not disappear into oblivion.Molapisi was the guest speaker at the party’s regional congress in Francistown on...

  • Calls for more electoral reforms grow louder

    Calls by the opposition for electoral changes in the country’s electoral processes persist to this day as the opposition insists that instead of embarking on any far-reaching overhauling of the system, the Botswana government seems content with the...

  • UDC will not allow election rigging in 2024

    The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) will not allow the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) to rig the elections "like they did in the 2019 general elections," when they won by a huge margin.The warning was issued by the president of the...

  • We are ready to lead - Saleshando

    Botswana is a failed state characterised by state capture, particularly by those who sponsored the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) to win in past elections, leading to a situation where the state serves the interests of the few, especially friends...

  • BCP reflects on why they lost all by-elections

    The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) contested five post-2019 council by-elections and a single parliamentary by-election outside the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and lost all of them. The party President Dumelang Saleshando has explained why...

  • Batswana feel they are in a drowning Titanic

    President of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), Dumelang Saleshando on Saturday called upon the nation to listen to the prognosis of his party regarding the country because their predictions always come to pass.He was officially opening the party...

  • Khama's tribal politics will backfire, Veteran politician

    Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Gaborone south west, Robert Molefhabangwe, a native of Gammangwato like former President, Ian Khama, accuses his tribal leader of dividing Ba Gammangwato by politicising the institution of Bogosi.Following a...

  • BPF members threatened to burn me inside my house – Seretse

    Acting regent of the Bangwato tribe, Serogola Seretse says his life is in constant danger from arsonists and possibly murderers.He told a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) campaign rally on Sunday at Palamaokuwe in Serowe west constituency.He was...

  • Mmolotsi lambasts BDP for its hatred on the Khamas

    The president of Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) Biggie Butale has called upon the Serowe west voters to deny the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) the vote on Saturday and instead, vote for BPF candidate, Kedikilwe.“They must not get more than...

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