Floor crossing negates democracy and must be banned – analysts Floor crossing negates democracy and must be banned – analysts
Staff Reporters
LESGISLATORS Mokherane Tsatsanyane (Stadium Area constituency) and Mothepu Mahapa (Tele) have again jumped ship, this time ditching the opposition Alliance of Democrats (AD) for Deputy Prime Minister Mathibeli Mokhothu’s Democratic Congress (DC).
Were it not for the destabilising effects on government stability and service delivery to the long-suffering nation, analysts say Messrs Tsatsanyane, Mahapa and others’ habitual floor crossing antics would be a benign source of bar jokes about selfish politicians who jump to which ever party appears to be in the ascendancy.
IT was the fear of what would happen after retirement that gave her sleepless nights.
What if her pension was not big enough to take care of her needs? Would she continue to enjoy the same standard of living she had enjoyed whilst working?
These were the questions that gave Dr ’Mamotsotuoa Makoa headaches as she slowly edged towards the end of her long and illustrious academic career.
With retirement beckoning on the horizon, she knew it was time to start planning for her future.
That was 20 years ago. Dr Makoa was 53 then.
And so, when she heard that Sekhametsi Investment Consortium (SMIC) was looking for investors to buy shares, she quickly grabbed the opportunity.