How Masisi’s party misread Botswana mood and lost ‘massively’
President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi. He conceded defeat after his party lost parliamentary majority in the just concluded elections in Botswana.
In Africa, few ruling parties lose power easily. Take the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), for example. In power since independence in 1966, it has lived on as the ruling party, only changing flagbearers.
But, in a stunning political shift, BDP was on Friday ousted from power, ushering in a new era under the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and its presidential candidate, Duma Boko.
