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Spira Tlhankane
  • Saleshando challenges Masisi to announce polls date

    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...

  • I want to bring hope back to Palapye – Motswaledi

    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...

  • BCP, BDP fight for BNF’s old wreck

    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...

  • Dibeela eyes Boko’s former constituency

    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...

  • UDC, BCP place other parties at disadvantage – Morwaeng

    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...

  • One is absent, the other is drinking Chibuku – Saleshando

    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...

  • Americans underscore ‘threat’ as BDF, SADC forces exit Moz

    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...

  • Masisi is a part-time President – Saleshando

    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...

  • African military insolence worries Masisi

    “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,...

  • Twin blows for Morupisi’s political ambition

    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...

  • Khama not afraid of handcuffs

    “The problem is not handcuffs, charges or arrest, the problem is poison. Remember, they tried to assassinate me in 2019 when I left the BDP and even attempted to poison my food,” he told BPF members here virtually on Sunday.Khama recently...

  • Ice cold scramble for the Central District

    The takeover of some constituencies by the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) from the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in 2019 can be described by some as ‘ice cold’ with an emoji emphasis. Like Polaris over the North Pole, the BPF remains fixed on...

  • The Khama virtual magic: The BPF’s last resort

    “Ga re ise re mmone yo o tshwanang nae (We haven’t seen anyone like him),” the BPF members referred to Khama as they sang here on Saturday following a star rally. The BPF has left the opposition coalition seeking a PACT model and some of its...

  • BCP targets ‘lost sheep’ to complete North West seven

    Recently, party president Dumelang Saleshando even compared Chobe to the biblical parable of the ‘lost sheep’. After the Delimitation Commission increased the number of North West constituencies from five to seven, it means that besides Chobe the...

  • We achieved 100,000 plots without resources – Mzwinila

    When handing over the 99,900th plot in Mochudi in Friday, he said when they set a target of 100,000 plot allocations in 2022 they decided to fast-track and develop every stage from environmental assessment to conveying.“What we did as a department...

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