{"id":15114,"date":"2022-10-20T18:10:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T18:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings"},"modified":"2022-10-20T18:57:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T18:57:33","slug":"moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings","title":{"rendered":"Moatlhodi Accused of Abusing Kgotla Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Member of Parliament for Tonota, Pono Moatlhodi, is being accused of using Kgotla meetings to endorse a Specially Nominated Councillor as a parliamentary candidate for the next general elections.<\/b><\/p>\n

Supporters of another parliamentary hopeful, Andy Boatile, are not pleased that Moatlhodi is allegedly using his access to the Kgotla to gain unfair advantage for Baemedi Medupi.<\/p>\n

Baffling<\/b><\/p>\n

Several people this week told that since Moatlhodi started his Kgotla meetings in the constituency, he has been using Medupi as his frontman.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is baffling is that Moatlhodi always showers praise on Medupi in the course of the meetings,\u201d said one aggrieved supporter of Boatile. \u201cThe MP ensures that he acknowledges Medupi\u2019s political career.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is intolerable and against the party constitution. By so doing, he is giving the impression that Medupi is a more credible politician than others in the constituency.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sources say Moatlhodi is returning a favour from the 2019 general elections when Medupi allegedly teamed up with Moatlhodi to ensure that former Tonota MP Thapelo Olopeng would not retain the constituency.<\/p>\n

Olopeng<\/b><\/p>\n

Moatlhodi won the seat under the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) while Medupi lost his council seat under the BDP.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter losing the council seat, Medupi worked with Moatlhodi,\u201d said a source. \u201cHe de-campaigned Olopeng and canvassed support for Moatlhodi. So Moatlhodi is returning the favour.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Moatlhodi has dismissed the allegations as the work of liars. \u201cI am not endorsing Medupi as they allege,\u201d he said. \u201cAs a nominated councillor, Medupi volunteered to help me announce my Kgotla meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is using this his own resources and I have to thank him for his generosity during these meetings. I am not going to stop thanking him and no one will stop me from doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Uncomfortable<\/b><\/p>\n

Without mentioning a name, Moatlhodi blamed a particular Tonota councillor for soiling his name. \u201cThere is one councillor with ambitions for Parliament who seems to be uncomfortable with Medupi\u2019s volunteerism,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems like my collaboration with the nominated councillor has threatened his Parliamentary ambitions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reached for comment, Tonota Branch Chairman of the BDP, Motshegetsi Maroba, said they have heard the rumours but no one has lodged a formal complaint.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Botswana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Member of Parliament for Tonota, Pono Moatlhodi, is being accused of using Kgotla meetings to endorse a Specially Nominated Councillor as a parliamentary candidate for the next general elections. Supporters of another parliamentary hopeful, Andy Boatile, are not pleased that Moatlhodi is allegedly using his access to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":15113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,10,12],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-15114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-parties","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"\nMoatlhodi Accused of Abusing Kgotla Meetings - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Member of Parliament for Tonota, Pono Moatlhodi, is being accused of using Kgotla ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Moatlhodi Accused of Abusing Kgotla Meetings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Member of Parliament for Tonota, Pono Moatlhodi, is being accused of using Kgotla ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-20T18:10:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-20T18:57:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_21.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Moatlhodi Accused of Abusing Kgotla Meetings\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-20T18:10:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-20T18:57:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings\"},\"wordCount\":385,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_21.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"parties\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings\",\"name\":\"Moatlhodi Accused of Abusing Kgotla Meetings - Botswana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_21.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-20T18:10:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-20T18:57:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Member of Parliament for Tonota, Pono Moatlhodi, is being accused of using Kgotla ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_21.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_21.jpg\",\"width\":1170,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Moatlhodi Accused of Abusing Kgotla Meetings\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Moatlhodi Accused of Abusing Kgotla Meetings\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/\",\"name\":\"Botswana\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Moatlhodi Accused of Abusing Kgotla Meetings - Botswana","description":"The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Member of Parliament for Tonota, Pono Moatlhodi, is being accused of using Kgotla ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Moatlhodi Accused of Abusing Kgotla Meetings","og_description":"The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Member of Parliament for Tonota, Pono Moatlhodi, is being accused of using Kgotla ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings","og_site_name":"Botswana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-10-20T18:10:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-10-20T18:57:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_21.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Moatlhodi Accused of Abusing Kgotla Meetings","datePublished":"2022-10-20T18:10:49+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-20T18:57:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings"},"wordCount":385,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_21.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Botswana","Botswana"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","parties","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings","name":"Moatlhodi Accused of Abusing Kgotla Meetings - Botswana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_21.jpg","datePublished":"2022-10-20T18:10:49+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-20T18:57:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Member of Parliament for Tonota, Pono Moatlhodi, is being accused of using Kgotla ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_21.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_21.jpg","width":1170,"height":600,"caption":"Moatlhodi Accused of Abusing Kgotla Meetings"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/moatlhodi-accused-of-abusing-kgotla-meetings#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Moatlhodi Accused of Abusing Kgotla Meetings"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/","name":"Botswana","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}