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Spira Tlhankane
  • We'll punish Keorapetse’s disrespect – Saleshando

    Hence the party said by installing Reuben Kaizer as their parliamentary candidate for the constituency, they aim to rain down hellfire on Keorapetse-who used to be their own. The incumbent MP was expelled from the BCP in 2022 after becoming a thorn...

  • The battle of the ‘spiders’

    These are not your typical spiders, which are predators of insects, but this is the battle of three men who share the same surname and are distantly related. Segokgo is a Setswana language name for spider and the trio Thulagano, Phenyo and Masego...

  • Three-way battle ensues in Selebi-Phikwe West

    Keorapetse’s tough terrain aheadKeorapetse, who is currently an ordinary Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) member without any political home, will see competition from Manake and Reuben Kaizer of the BCP. Keorapetse was seen as a usurper and...

  • Manake’s plunge into Phikwe West bears fruit

    Securing 1,014 votes, Manake who was contesting her first ever election beat area veteran Opelo Makhandlela in the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primaries. Makhandlela was previously BDP’s MP candidate in the area in the 2014 General Election and...

  • Media catches ‘bullets’ in an election war zone

    RAMOTSWA: At Baitlotli Junior Secondary School (JSS), the media thought they were entering an idyllic place with soft white sandy beaches. But, it was a war zone as they were greeted with a hostile storm of brooms from some brute election officers...

  • The rise, fall and rise of Reikeletseng

    One day in 2021, the nation woke to a shocking black and white image of Reikeletseng placed under the Botswana Police’s ‘wanted person’ section. By then, Reikeletseng was already a far cry from the rocking, bubbly and assertive sports...

  • Moagi pays the price

    His loss in the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primaries over the weekend proves that prioritising loyalty to leadership came at a hefty price. Moagi, who also doubles as Minister of Minerals and Energy, found himself caught between a rock and a...

  • Joina: The arcane politician

    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...

  • It’s now or never for BCP

    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...

  • The BCP cements grip on its ‘Bethlehem’

    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...

  • UK Labour Party funds BCP

    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...

  • We are not fighting for political funding, it’s ours – Saleshando

    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...

  • 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...

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