
The Botswana National Front (BNF) sent a Central Committee (CC) delegation to attend the Moses Kotane public lecture in Rustenburg, North West Province on 21 May 2017. The CC delegation was led by the party President Gideon Duma Boko, who was accompanied by the Vice President, Dr Prince Dibeela, Secretary General Moeti Mohwasa, Treasurer General Noah Salaakae, Secretary for International Affairs, Nelson Ramaotwana, Additional Member Kwenantle Gaseitsewe and Publicity Secretary. The BNF was invited by the South African Communist Party (SACP) for the annual Kotane commemoration. The SACP public lecture attracted thousands of its members and who filled to capacity the Olympic size hall, over-spilling into the parking space and beyond. The communists were itching to hear the public lecture by the Guest Speaker, South Africa’s Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. President Boko told the SACP activists that there will be a new government in 2019 led by the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). His message received a thunderous applause and ululations from the sardine-packed public gallery and top table. The BNF and UDC President said he was bringing warm greetings from Batswana, who stood with the South Africans in their darkest hours of the liberation struggle, and even accommodated them…