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Samson Moyo Guma will face off with Moiseraele Goya for the position of party President at the Botswana Patriotic Front’s (BPF) elective congress next month. In this interview with The Midweek Sun's Political Reporter EDWARD BULE, Guma...

The country’s oldest political party - Botswana Peoples’ Party (BPP) - has been on a membership drive in the southern part of the country.Secretary general Nono Kgafela-Mokoka revealed that the party leadership has been assigned by the party...

- Party leadership defends NEC's decision to join UDC - Promise to dump UDC is majority says so - Leadership threatens action against delinquentsBotswana Patriotic Front (BPF) has threatened to take action against members who resort to social...

Some members of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) are not happy with the North East Region elections that were held recently during the North East Region congress in Borolong.The elections pitted Farayi Bonyongo and Kitsiso Mandevu for the...

Member of Parliament for Francistown West Ignatius Moswaane has fallen out with his new political home, Botswana Peoples’ Party (BPP), which he joined in 2020 after a fallout with the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).According to multiple sources,...

Former Mayor of Jwaneng, also a former Botswana National Front (BNF) councillor, Moshe “Bushman” Gare, says the name Botswana is inappropriate and tribalistic.In his written submission to the Constitutional Review Commission, Gare says countries...

Former High Court Judge John Mosojane says the Independence Constitution was openly genocidal when it named the country, ‘Botswana'.And worse still, it made Setswana the only national language, and declared it the only language teachable...

- The decision was hurried by leaders minus members - Joina- This is nothing new, BCP was admitted the same way - MohwasaThe admission of the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) into the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has caused divisions within the...

- Money raised is used to build houses for the needy - Elders also get pension money from community projectsFor the last 25 years, Sankoyo Tshwaraganang Management Trust (STMT) has been at the heart of improving lives in Sankoyo.Serving a place...

The Botswana Congress Party has inadvertently donated Moselewapula ward to the Botswana Peoples’ Party (BPP).Ironically, the two sworn enemies have fought numerous battles over wards and constituencies, particularly in Francistown and surrounding...

The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) continues to be a party at war with itself. Amidst a looming court case that is set to pit the UDC President against his deputy for what the latter deems unlawful suspension, the coalition leadership this week...

- BNF under Boko has betrayed the struggle of the working classBotswana National Front Veteran League (BNFVL) has resolved at their weekend meeting in Mahalapye to back Dr. Baatlhodi Bucs Molatlhegi for the position of party president which is...

The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), and Botswana Peoples’ Party (BPP), which is representing the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), are all under pressure to win the Moselewapula ward by-election in the...

- BPP President wants political education to be prioritisedPresident of the Botswana Peoples’ Party (BPP) Motlatsi Molapisi would like to see a BPP cadre that lives by the party’s founding principles of socialism and Pan-Africanism when he leaves...

The problems in the UDC boil down to a lack of strategic leadership which must be focused on the vision, mission, strategy, goal, and objectives of coalition politics.This is according to Adam Mfundisi of the University of Botswana (UB) when...