{"id":2037,"date":"2022-02-01T10:58:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T10:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf"},"modified":"2022-02-01T12:01:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T12:01:25","slug":"richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf","title":{"rendered":"Richard Moleofe dumps BNF"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Retired military officer and army chaplain Richard Moleofe has resigned from the Botswana National Front (BNF) citing the party\u2019s marriage with former president Ian Khama as the reason.<\/b><\/p>\n

Moleofe, who became a politician after retiring from the BDF several years ago, says he intends to run for the Mogoditshane constituency in the next general elections in 2024.<\/p>\n

In his letter of resignation, he says the BNF has effectively isolated and muted him since the 2019 general elections for what he believes are his utterances regarding the unofficial partnership of the party with Ian Khama through the UDC.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is this relationship that will wreck the party going forward,\u201d Moleofe said in his resignation letter. \u201cFor two years now, I have not been active in any party structure as a result of the tactics of isolation that I have mentioned. I have remained faithful to the party for that time and hopeful that we would begin to work together for the good of this party and country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, the relationship with the former president and his party, the BPF, has persisted and grown exponentially. It is for this major reason that I no longer find the BNF to be my political home and will therefore seek another place of political abode where I can become politically useful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about his next move, Moleofe told The Botswana Gazette that he is available to any party that may express interest in him. \u201cI am ready to work with any political party,\u201d he said. \u201cI am not into ideologies because I have always believed that the party takes the character of its leader.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that \u201cany political party\u201d includes the Botswana Democratic Party whose bid he would welcome if it came because he believes its president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, is a visionary leader who can take the country to the Promised Land.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Masisi\u2019s greatest challenge currently is that all his efforts are being frustrated by Khama and his associates in government,\u201d Moleofe said. \u201cI believe he has what it takes to take this country somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Africa-Press – Botswana. Retired military officer and army chaplain Richard Moleofe has resigned from the Botswana National Front (BNF) citing the party\u2019s marriage with former president Ian Khama as the reason. Moleofe, who became a politician after retiring from the BDF several years ago, says he intends to run for the Mogoditshane constituency in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":2036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12,16],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-2037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"\nRichard Moleofe dumps BNF - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Retired military officer and army chaplain Richard Moleofe has resigned from the Botswana National Front (BNF) citing ...\" \/>\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\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Richard Moleofe dumps BNF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Retired military officer and army chaplain Richard Moleofe has resigned from the Botswana National Front (BNF) citing ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf\" \/>\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=\"2022-02-01T10:58:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-01T12:01:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/02\/img-61f920ff7acc0.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"810\" \/>\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\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Richard Moleofe dumps BNF\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-01T10:58:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-01T12:01:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf\"},\"wordCount\":358,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/02\/img-61f920ff7acc0.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf\",\"name\":\"Richard Moleofe dumps BNF - Botswana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/02\/img-61f920ff7acc0.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-01T10:58:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-01T12:01:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Retired military officer and army chaplain Richard Moleofe has resigned from the Botswana National Front (BNF) citing ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/02\/img-61f920ff7acc0.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/02\/img-61f920ff7acc0.jpg\",\"width\":810,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Richard Moleofe dumps BNF\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Richard Moleofe dumps BNF\"}]},{\"@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":"Richard Moleofe dumps BNF - Botswana","description":"Retired military officer and army chaplain Richard Moleofe has resigned from the Botswana National Front (BNF) citing ...","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\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Richard Moleofe dumps BNF","og_description":"Retired military officer and army chaplain Richard Moleofe has resigned from the Botswana National Front (BNF) citing ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf","og_site_name":"Botswana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-02-01T10:58:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-01T12:01:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":810,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/02\/img-61f920ff7acc0.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\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Richard Moleofe dumps BNF","datePublished":"2022-02-01T10:58:09+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-01T12:01:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf"},"wordCount":358,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/02\/img-61f920ff7acc0.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Botswana","Botswana"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","policy","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf","name":"Richard Moleofe dumps BNF - Botswana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/02\/img-61f920ff7acc0.jpg","datePublished":"2022-02-01T10:58:09+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-01T12:01:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Retired military officer and army chaplain Richard Moleofe has resigned from the Botswana National Front (BNF) citing ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/02\/img-61f920ff7acc0.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/02\/img-61f920ff7acc0.jpg","width":810,"height":600,"caption":"Richard Moleofe dumps BNF"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/richard-moleofe-dumps-bnf#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Richard Moleofe dumps BNF"}]},{"@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\/2037","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=2037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}