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KEKGONEGILE ASCENDS TO THE SG POSITION Member of Parliament for Maun East, Goretetse Kekgonegile is the new Secretary General of Botswana Congress Party. Kekgonegile takes over after defeating, Moncho Moncho and Morwadi Morwadi at the recently held elective congress. The BCP SG position has been a hot seat with two members, Kentse Rammidi and Phillip […]
Botswana Congress Party (BCP) will go for its elective congress on the 23rd of October this year. When updating the media on Thursday morning, BCP Publicity Secretary, Dithapelo Keorapetse, said so far 48 constituencies out of 57 have registered for the conference with 1564 delegates expected to take part in the virtual elective conference. “BCP […]
19th April 2021 In a telling sign of the times, Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) vice President Dumelang Saleshando has traded the coalition’s blue umbrella logo for the Botswana Congress Party (BCP)’s black cow symbol. Although the Leader of Opposition and BCP President won his parliamentary seat on a UDC ticket, it is the BCP emblem that enjoys the pride of place at the top right corner of his Facebook page’s weekly live broadcasts of parliament proceedings. The practical effects of Saleshando’s choice of logo may be small, but the symbolism is not. It highlights the fraught nat...
Botswana Ruling Party Auctions Opposition’s Property To Pay Legal Fees Over Election Rigging Claims Botswana Ruling Party Auctions Opposition’s Property To Pay Legal Fees Over Election Rigging Claims Comments Off on Botswana Ruling Party Auctions Opposition’s Property To Pay Legal Fees Over Election Rigging Claims The legal team of Botswana’s ruling party is auctioning the properties of 14 opposition party members who ran an unsuccessful court challenge against a 2019 poll over election rigging allegations. The Botswana Democratic Party is using proceeds from the auctions to cover the...
LEADER OF OPPOSITION; Dumelang Saleshando Umbrella for Democratic Change’s 2019 general elections petitioners have dominated news headlines lately with the candidate for Gaborone Central, Dr Mpho Pheko taking centre stage. Pheko’s vehicle together with that of Kgalagadi South candidate, Micus Chimbombi has been sold by auction for P81 00 to pay part of the P565 000 court costs. The auction of the politicians’ property follows an unsettled bill emanating from a petition they are severally and jointly liable for with 12 other UDC members. The Voice Staffer, DANIEL CHIDA engages pol...