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About 20 years later, his party Marx Engels Lenin Stalin (MELS) has merged with the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), but Joina is still a confident politician who guides, teaches and encourages whenever he stands before a crowd of people. Joina gained...

Saleshando, who has been extolling his party as the most organised when it comes to election preparation, told followers who had attended the BCP conference during Presidents’ Holidays that the opportunity has never presented itself like it has...

MAUN: For the residents here, Leleme la Metsi is vital and said to have great spiritual and medicinal powers. The floodwaters come through a dried river and it is called ‘Leleme’ (tongue) in Ngamiland. Travelling along the Boro River, Leleme la...

The BCP and the Labour Party’s relationship goes back decades and on Wednesday, the BCP president, Dumelang Saleshando, confirmed during a press brief that they have managed to maintain a relationship with the party, which had been in the...

State President Minister Kabo Morwaeng convened the All Party Conference recently and what also came out was fear that the BCP which contested the 2019 General Election under the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) could get nothing because it...

Speaking at the BCP annual conference in Maun today Saleshando said he is ready to challenge Masisi for the presidency. “I cant wait,” he told BCP members. Saleshando said as the presidential candidate he feels that his rival Masisi is shocked...

He told members of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) during his launch on Saturday in Palapye. The constituency is currently held by BCP’s expelled Member of Parliament (MP) Onneetse Ramogapi, who is now with the Umbrella for Democratic Change...

The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) recently invaded Old Naledi popularly known as Zola as the two parties hope to claim the Gaborone South constituency in the upcoming General Election. The incumbent Member of...

He previously contested in the now merged Mmathethe-Molapowabojang in the 2014 and 2019 polls under the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). Dibeela lost to the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) on both occasions and is hoping for a different...

In 2019 when the conference was last held, the BCP was still part of the UDC that currently includes Botswana National Front (BNF), Alliance for Progressives (AP), and Botswana People’s Party (BPP). When Morwaeng first convened the first meeting of...

Saleshando, who was speaking at a Parliamentary launch in Ramotswa over the weekend, said Umbrella for Democratic Change’s (UDC) president Duma Boko is absent and not campaigning for elections, while Mokgweetsi Masisi of the Botswana Democratic...

The BDF is part of the Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) forces, which began withdrawing from the insurgency-hit Cabo Delgado province in April this year. With the eight countries not extending their three-year...

Saleshando, who believes he is the right man for the job, told Naledi residents on Sunday that Masisi is a ‘part-time president’ who's never there for his own people. “I believe I can do a better job than Masisi, a man I currently work...

“This kind of regression in our continent’s political order portends a serious threat to the stability of nations which should be functioning as well-interconnected units and planks for regional cooperation and integration, continental unity,...

Now that his withdrawal has been rejected by the highest court in the land, Morupisi’s appeal shall proceed as critical days lay ahead in his legal battle. Speaking of battles, this is one battle Morupisi brought onto himself after he filed a...