A glance at numerous political voices this week

We have warned AP to tread with care when dealing with the UDC. Their leaders, as said by their erstwhile member Sedirwa Kgoroba, were looking to use the UDC as short cut to parliamentary positions. They dumped the BCP after all by-elections were won by the UDC. If BCP had won one of the by-elections, they would have stayed. Now there is trouble for them at the UDC. The constituencies they were promised by Boko are being contested for by BNF, BPP and lately BPF. They will definitely not get what they were promised. Boko was negotiating privately with Ndaba without the buy-in of other parties. Now we are here, where the AP cadres are frustrated with what might happen to their movement. They will regret choosing the UDC over the BCP. [KATLO KAONE]

Re sampe re ntse re tlhagisa gore UDC e e nang le Khama the former dictator ga e kake ya isa Opposition kana Botswana gope except divisions. Khama by far remains the worst and most divisive leader in the history of Botswana. Most Opposition leaders including Boko himself suffered under General Khama’s regime. Bringing him back to power like UDC is trying to do will be a political suicide that no sane Motswana would embrace. UDC is NOTHING even with Khama the former dictator and will still be NOTHING after losing 2024 elections with or without Madibela-Khama day dreamers and thugs. [TIKANE GAOPATWE]

UDC ke maaka hela. O ka se ba tshepe. Ke SCAM sa ecoplexus . Hee wee hee wee, kolekang re ya go dira reporte ya loso la ga Motswaledi. Nine years down the line, there is no report, mme madi a a kolekilweng ke sechaba a jelwe. SCAM! Heee weee hee wee re ya go sekisa goromente ka kotsi e e bolaileng bana ba Matsha. It has been eight years since

bana ba tlhokafetse, ga gona goromente yo o sekisitsweng, no case! SCAM!

Hee wee hee wee re ya go tlhatlhela Isaac Kgosi le Khama.

E bile Khama ene pele re mo tlhatlhela, re mmeola pele. Isaac Kgosi le Khama jaanong ke bagolwane ko UDC. Jaanong ke basimane fela. Ke batho ba Modimo. SCAM !

Diparty tse mo UDC fa re tswa mo dithophong (tsa 2019) di ya go kopana di nna selo se le sengwe hela. After ditlhopho, motho a sena go jewa ke mosadi, a re the BNF is the natural leader of the UDC; ga gona party e e ka etelelang UDC

go gaisa BNF. SCAM !

BDP e tsieditse mo dithophong. OK, tlisa bosupi. Ke tla ntsha bosupi ko the people’s court. E kae the people’s court? Dololo. SCAM! AP tlogela go buisana le BCP, re buisaneng, ke tla go fa dikgaolo tsotlhe tse e neng e le tsa BMD. E kile ya di fiwa kae dikgaolo tsa BMD ? Dololo ka dikgaolo, e bile dipuisano are deadlocked, go tlhakantshuke ya moroko le mase. SCAM! Golo mo ke SCAM sa ecoplexus [MALEKA MONAMODI]

I have seen many people tripping on themselves telling me to apologize to BCP. What do I apologize for? Do I apologize for pointing out that it was a mistake to have BCP in the UDC? Apologize for pointing out that BCP was not meant to be part of a coalition and their joining of UDC brought animosity, tension, toxicity and negative energy?

Apologize for pointing out that BCP have only two simple objectives: 1) Being the best opposition party in Botswana as a short term objective and 2) Taking power from BDP as BCP not in coalition? Apologize for pointing out that BCP didn’t work to grow UDC or to benefit UDC but to revive their dignity and to ensure they achieve their objective within UDC? To apologize that I pointed out that BCP members were not interested in working with other parties’ candidates within UDC and in some instances they we trafficking themselves to vote where their candidates were, or voted AP or BPF in other areas or even voted BDP in other areas avoiding to vote for BNF and BPP candidates?

Apologize for pointing out that BCP had a clear plan when they joined UDC and that they were focused, very hardworking and on a simple mission? Apologize that someone intelligent intercepted their plan?

You see we end up having dumb and useless people as political leaders because we don’t want to listen to the truth in politics. The facts above describe the BCP. It does not in anyway mean I hate BCP or what. I simply got closer and learnt about them. Even in 2016 I pointed out that BCP will not help UDC to win power but will ditch UDC when the time is right. They did that and no hard feelings from my side as I never pretended about anything. What is happening in UDC has nothing to do with what BCP said and why BCP left. UDC is simply stuck and is failing to take advantage of its growth and instead wasting everyone’s time on negotiations tables.

UDC should have quickly moved into a unified and consolidated organization the moment its brand started selling better. That would help to close out opportunists masquerading as opposition party leaders and have leaders directly elected by the masses through UDC structures. Primary elections and congress of UDC could do a lot in bringing quality leaders and mass support to UDC to take power.

The current situation just only gives the political party activists a blank cheque in parading their dumbs in insulting, character assassination and even conspiracy theories against each other but no value to UDC brand.

Pointing that out does not mean an individual is less UDC than those who keep quiet and pretend everything is well. It’s just a way of pointing out the blind spot and alerting the UDC pilot crew of the hidden icebergs. BPF was going to be helpful to UDC as an outside strategic partner. With BPF inside UDC we are not going to get synergies. We are simply pushing some votes to either BCP or BDP. It will start with those who joined BPF to stand for the elections and will be disappointed by constituencies and wards allocations. There are those who feel Khama is trying hard to push himself into a position of power with his people. We should be working out on strategies and plans on how to counter those. The simple strategy would have been UDC’s direct membership, UDC structures and primary elections for all . People would have learned to discuss and compromise.

[MBAAKANYI LENYATSO]

From GC to Mabalane via Mochudi is about 60 km, tarred. From GC to Mabalane via Modipane is about 42 km, 21 km of which is a really bad gravel road. Ee Tautona o tlile mo gae. As you can expect, the entire government enclave was here, over 10 ministers, BDF, MP, BPS, DIS, A&E, Firetruck, close to 100 BX vehicles, if not more, all convened into Mabalane. Nna sepe se se builweng ga ke se dumele, ke tlaa se dumela ke bona ka matlho ame a mabedi, e seng ditsholofetso tse dikgologolo gotwe di dintšhwa. Sebe sa phiri ke gore Tautona chose to visit us mo Mabalane

go buisa phuthego ya Kgotla a tanne Tlhoo-Tomo (Helicopter). O fitlhetse thotho ya dikoloi mo mo Mabalane.

Potso yame ke gore how is

Tautona le puso ya gagwe to appreciate our struggles, our lived experiences, as banni le baagi ba Kgatleng East if he is too porsche to travel ka gravel road ya dithungthung we use daily as self-proclaimed

“Mopalamentemogolo Wa BoTswana”? Or at least a yo turna ko Mochudi go ya Mabalane.

O tla itse yang ditlhoko tsa rona when he has no first hand experience for such a village, one so close to Gaborone as

motsaya-ditshwetso mogolo yaaka a ipitsa. Re tseelwa ditshwetso ke batho ba hopheletsa mathata a rona ga o bona dilo tsa rona mo gae di pala yaana. Le mo iponetse bo-Kgabo, nna mokgwa yo o njela masole a mmele. Le Rre Masire o dirile same thing ele Tautona, Rre Mogae ene nne a sena sepe le ope, he’s never bothered

ka go re tlhola. [OBAKENG MATLOU]