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Botswana: Understanding the Electoral Revolt Against the Mighty Botswana Democratic Party
Premium Times, 9 November 2024
Virtually everyone one we spoke with or article we read cited issues of corruption and dissatisfaction with the management of the economy as the key reasons for the defeat of the… Read more »
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The Conversation Africa, 12 November 2024
The dramatic loss of power by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which had governed Botswana since independence in 1966, will go down in history as one of the biggest electoral… Read more »
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Botswana: Botswana Was a Real Change Election and a Textbook Case for Politicians Across Africa
Daily Maverick, 6 November 2024
With this groundbreaking result that shocked many, Botswana has become the trailblazer of peaceful, democratic change in the SADC region, picking up the mantle from Zambia and… Read more »
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Botswana: Activists Want More Women in Botswana's National Assembly
VOA, 7 November 2024
Three out of 28 female candidates were elected to Botswana's National Assembly in last week's general election, as women's rights activists called on the new administration to… Read more »
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Southern Africa: Extraordinary SADC Summit Set to Discuss Mozambique and Botswana Polls
The Herald, 6 November 2024
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Zimbabwe: President Mnangagwa Leaves for Boko's Inauguration
The Herald, 8 November 2024
President Mnangagwa, who is also the SADC Chair, has left the country for the inauguration of Botswana's in coming President Duma Boko. Read more »
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Namibian, 10 November 2024
Botswana's new vice president, Ndaba Gaolathe, worked in Namibia and was detained for allegedly supporting former Swapo veteran Hidipo Hamutenya's presidency. Read more »
Boko Inaugurated as Africans Look to Botswana for Lessons
Batswana President Duma Boko was inaugurated at the weekend after what analysts describe as a surprise election loss for the former governing Botswana Democratic Party.
The Premium Times' Yusuf Bangura and The Conversation Africa's Christian John Makgala ask why the "mighty" BDP lost...
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Botswana's new president took office after a fast transfer of power after elections that ended nearly 60 years of rule by the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). Read more »
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Batswana voters have rejected the governing Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), in what the president described as a "massive" loss. The BDP has been in power since independence in ... Read more »
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The High Court has confirmed that four out of five candidates had the required support to run for presidential office in Botswana under the law. Read more »
President Duma Boko, inaugurated at the weekend, votes in the Botswana elections on October 30, 2024.
