Gaborone City Council Mayor Kagiso Thutwe survived a motion of no confidence from the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) councillors by a whisker after allegations of possible misconduct and corruption in his council. When council’s end of year session started last week, councillors who are allegedly fed up with his conduct, especially his extravagant lifestyle were ready to table a motion of no confidence but party leaders at UDC pleaded with them against doing that. According to one UDC councillor, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the party highlighted to them that they cannot pass the motion of no confidence as they didn’t follow the right procedure. “The mayor was nominated through the party caucus and the party leadership asked us to meet with them to discuss our concerns first,” revealed the councillor. At the centre of the political fallout is the failure by the mayor to present the financial report on the Mayor’s Marathon and Mayor’s football tournament. The council’s finance and estimate committee chaired by Sesupo Jacobs asked him to present the report to their committee but promised to do the presentation during the mayor’s speech. The councillors were left with an…