{"id":30145,"date":"2023-07-06T17:21:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T17:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/masisi-could-reshuffle-cabinet-before-primaries"},"modified":"2023-07-06T18:13:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T18:13:31","slug":"masisi-could-reshuffle-cabinet-before-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/masisi-could-reshuffle-cabinet-before-primaries","title":{"rendered":"Masisi Could Reshuffle Cabinet Before Primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>President Mokgweetsi Masisi is reportedly considering reshuffling his cabinet ahead of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primaries for the next general elections next year.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Highly-placed sources in the ruling BDP say the President may make changes at the<\/p>\n<p>Ministries of State President, Health, Sports and Agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest that Kabo Morwaeng, Edwin Dikoloti, Tumiso Rakgare and Molebatsi Molebatsi are among ministers who are believed to have fallen out of favour with Masisi. \u201cMorwaeng is likely to be demoted to a junior ministry,\u201d says a source.<\/p>\n<p>Mistrust and backstabbing<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems Masisi has learned about his presidential aspirations and believes it could create a lot of unease and tensions both in the party and in the cabinet. As for the others, they might be dropped completely from the cabinet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morwaeng has denied habouring any presidential ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>It is also alleged that there is a growing mistrust and backstabbing inside Masisi\u2019s cabinet. Some ministers have also been accused of attempts to topple Vice President and BDP Chairman Slumber Tsogwane and people believed to be linked with the President\u2019s succession plan.<\/p>\n<p>Any time from September<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have heard rumours that some are even sponsoring some candidates to challenge those believed to be in Masisi\u2019s good books in the upcoming primary elections,\u201d says the source.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, while a date for the BDP primaries is yet to be decided by the party\u2019s Central Committee, indications are that they will be held any time from September.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary General Kavis Kario recently called for calm and patience among democrats in relation to dates for Bulela di Tswe, as primaries are called in the vernacular.<\/p>\n<p>The press is informed that the date for the primaries will be announced once the ongoing delimitation consultation is completed.<\/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. President Mokgweetsi Masisi is reportedly considering reshuffling his cabinet ahead of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primaries for the next general elections next year. Highly-placed sources in the ruling BDP say the President may make changes at the Ministries of State President, Health, Sports and Agriculture. Reports suggest that Kabo Morwaeng, Edwin Dikoloti, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":30144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-30145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Masisi Could Reshuffle Cabinet Before Primaries - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Mokgweetsi Masisi is reportedly considering reshuffling his cabinet ahead of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP ...\" \/>\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\/masisi-could-reshuffle-cabinet-before-primaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Masisi Could Reshuffle Cabinet Before Primaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Mokgweetsi Masisi is reportedly considering reshuffling his cabinet ahead of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/masisi-could-reshuffle-cabinet-before-primaries\" \/>\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=\"2023-07-06T17:21:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-06T18:13:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1688650528.635237.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\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\/masisi-could-reshuffle-cabinet-before-primaries#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/masisi-could-reshuffle-cabinet-before-primaries\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Masisi Could Reshuffle Cabinet Before Primaries\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-06T17:21:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-06T18:13:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/masisi-could-reshuffle-cabinet-before-primaries\"},\"wordCount\":308,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/masisi-could-reshuffle-cabinet-before-primaries#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1688650528.635237.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/masisi-could-reshuffle-cabinet-before-primaries#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/masisi-could-reshuffle-cabinet-before-primaries\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/masisi-could-reshuffle-cabinet-before-primaries\",\"name\":\"Masisi Could Reshuffle Cabinet Before Primaries - 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