{"id":29417,"date":"2023-06-24T19:23:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T19:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/another-bite-at-the-cherry-for-dijeng"},"modified":"2023-06-24T19:34:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T19:34:28","slug":"another-bite-at-the-cherry-for-dijeng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/another-bite-at-the-cherry-for-dijeng","title":{"rendered":"Another bite at the cherry for Dijeng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>After weeks of uncertainty, Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has finally endorsed a local businessman, Moemedi Dijeng as its candidate for Serowe West Constituency\u2019s by elections.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This was confirmed by BDP\u2019s Chairman of Communications, Kagelelo Kentse during a short interview with this publication last Wednesday night. Apparently Prior to deciding on Dijeng as an unopposed candidate, some party members had wanted former Minister Keletso Rakhudu back in the race.<\/p>\n<p>Dijeng has been a perennial election loser having lost the 2019 general elections to former Member of Parliament (MP), Tshekedi &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>SIGN UP for FREE and Login to read full story. or SUBSCRIBE to read Premium content. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. After weeks of uncertainty, Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has finally endorsed a local businessman, Moemedi Dijeng as its candidate for Serowe West Constituency\u2019s by elections. This was confirmed by BDP\u2019s Chairman of Communications, Kagelelo Kentse during a short interview with this publication last Wednesday night. 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