Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has gone through transformation over the years, with new faces coming and going, but some figures have become part and parcel of the furniture at Tsholetsa House. From founding in 1962, BDP has seen five leaders changing the baton during the party’s 60 years of existence. The party has successfully contested 12 general elections, albeit the outcome of the last polls were disputed in court.
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bogosi (inherited traditional leadership), the grandson of
Kgosi Tshekedi Khama is right where he was before he was mentioned as successor to
Kgosi Sediegeng Kgamane. The grandson’s name is Seretse Khama, having been named after Botswana’s founding president, Sir Seretse Khama, who was Tshekedi’s paternal uncle. Seretse Khama’s father, Leapeetswe, himself served as Regent (
Motshwarelela Bogosi) from between 1964 and 1974.
, the current regent, is of advanced age and as
Sunday Standard reported last year, there was a plan to replace him with Seretse Khama. Royal sources tell us that Seretse would have been attached to the Kanye main