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This is especially significant because such events were missed during the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, many attendees at these rallies do not represent the situation on the ground, as they came to support regions and hosts. The...

This forum took place on Saturday, and its resolutions were subsequently presented at the UDC meeting, held at the same venue on Sunday. Key issues on the agenda included complaints about the activities in the Molepolole South and...

Only the central committee members of the parties attended the meeting. Recently, the UDC has been relatively quiet when it comes to election activities. This silence has led many to questioning whether the UDC is genuinely aiming to win or if it has...

BPF spokesperson, Amogelang Mokwena, told The Monitor on Saturday that the members argue the party president Mephato Reatile must convene a congress to either endorse or reverse his decision to withdraw the party from the UDC. “Those who disagree...

He told The Monitor on Saturday that nothing will deter him from becoming an MP. “I have built strong connections in the area and understand the political landscape well. As an independent candidate, I garnered substantial support and with the UDC,...

The BDP secretary-general, Kavis Kario, said the party is confident in its timeline and progress, emphasising that campaigning efforts have been continuous. But, it goes without saying that postponing the primaries incessantly as the BDP has been...

The strategy is to saturate the villages with red to assert their presence in these former strongholds now held by the opposition Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) and the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). The BDP lost these areas to the UDC in the...

He told The Monitor over the weekend that they have already reached 95% of their goal thanks to teamwork from officers to the ministry. “We are only left with a few plots to reach our target. Plot allocation waiting lists will soon become a thing...

This follows a revelation on Wednesday by party president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, that more people will be removed from the list of aspiring candidates because they ‘breached’ the party code on primaries.Mmegi has learnt that the BDP Central...

The church’s existence and operations are governed by the Societies Act of 2022.However, internal conflicts within the church have resulted in two factions, each seeking to operate independently and register separately, despite being part of the...

The issue stems from two candidates, Shima Monageng of the Alliance for Progressives (AP) and Dr. Tlamelo Mmatli of the Botswana National Front (BNF), who are both campaigning under the UDC banner.Each claims to be the official UDC representative,...

However, elections in Lobatse were postponed due to irregularities. The remaining primary elections are scheduled to take place at the beginning of June. From the given allocations, the BNF got 26 constituencies, the Alliance for Progressives (AP)...

Born and raised in the dusty area of Mahalapye village in Xhosa ward in 1969, he eventually became a town boy. Academically, Boko excelled, and his career achievements are equally impressive. During his university days, his affinity for the finer...

Unlike his previous focus on a portfolio in council, he has set his sights on a parliamentary seat and has this time won the BNF primary elections against his cousin, former MP Masego Segokgo.He was battling it out with Masego, who got 112 votes,...

Since he rejoined the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), now he was re-appointed as UDC vice president after previously leaving to form the AP due to disagreements with the UDC’s national executive committee.In the 2019 General Election, he...