Ruling
party sweeps to victory in Botswana
Three Botswana Defence Force Strikemaster jet fighters swooped low
over the capital this morning practicing for tomorrow's inauguration of Festus Mogae as
third president of this small but wealthy southern African nation which has practiced
multi-party democracy since 1966 when it became independent.
Gaborone, Tuesday 19 October, 1999
Botswana's ruling party
scores easy victory
Politics returned to normal here today with the ruling Botswana
Democratic Party (BDP) winning by a wide majority in both Parliament and local council
elections. The main opposition party, the Botswana Congress Party, was almost wiped out,
its leader badly defeated with only a possible lone seat in the next Parliament.
Gaborone, Monday 18 October, 1999
Complications delay botswana
election results
Although Botswana's voting yesterday for its seventh
national and regional election went peacefully and reasonably smoothly, complications in
the vote counting have delayed results probably until
Monday.
Gaborone, Sunday 17 October, 1999
Botswana: slow start to voting
Voting started on a low ebb despite last frenetic efforts by leading
political parties to whip up interest amongst the electorate through long, flag be-draped
motorcades and rallies that kept the capital alive most of Friday night.
Gaborone, Saturday 16 October, 1999
Voter apathy: a case study from
Botswana
Multi-party democratic elections, so new to many
southern African nations, are "old hat" in Botswana since independence in 1966.
Some 460,000 registered voters, about 52 percent of those eligible to vote in the national
elections could go to the polls tomorrow to choose 40 Members of Parliament to govern them
for the next five years.
Gaborone, Friday 15 October, 1999
Mandela receives honorary
doctorate
Former South African President Nelson Mandela today extolled
Botswana as an exemplary African democracy that has risen above the generalisations of
gloom and doom that are often associated with the continent.
Gaborone, Thursday 14 October, 1999
What happened to botswana's
split opposition?
Ramutswa Station is a small, dusty village about 40 km southeast of
here. It is rural and mixed agriculture and light industry with the usual problems facing
Botswana's politicians as they run up to Saturday's national election -- unemployment,
poverty, income disparity, education for youth, women's empowerment and HIV/AIDS.
Gaborone, Wednesday 13 October, 1999
Botswana's eighth election campaign
moves slowly
In four days time Botswana will hold its eight multi-party general
elections next Saturday and there seems little doubt that the majority will cast their
ballots for the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) led by President Festus Mogae.
Gaborone, Tuesday 12 October, 1999
Botswana women step up election
campaign
Women's organisations in Botswana, one of Africa's longest surviving
multiparty democracies, have launched an ambitious campaign to raise female participation
in the country's parliamentary processes after the 16 October national elections.
Gaborone, Tuesday 12 October, 1999
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