{"id":65820,"date":"2025-03-22T19:19:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T19:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bpp-fires-key-members"},"modified":"2025-04-28T06:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T06:49:12","slug":"bpp-fires-key-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bpp-fires-key-members","title":{"rendered":"BPP Fires Key Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Botswana People\u2019s Party (BPP) has dropped the hammer, expelling three of its high-profile members following a dramatic fallout over alleged misconduct.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The dismissed party members include Francistown East Member of Parliament (MP) and party Secretary General Tiroyaone Ntsima, Tlogatloga Ward Councillor and BPP Youth League President Vivian Ramokapani, and Monarch Central Councillor Dorcus Nakedi.<\/p>\n<p>The trio was shown the door after failing to show up for a disciplinary hearing scheduled for March 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy started last December after they were slapped with a 45-day suspension in for what the party called \u201cordinary misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Things took a dramatic turn when Ntsima and the others were added to a controversial WhatsApp group created by a faction of rebellious youth members who were unhappy with President Motlatsi Molapisi\u2019s leadership style.<\/p>\n<p>The expulsion letters, signed by BPP Deputy Secretary General Venter Galetshabiwe, read in part: the party didn\u2019t hold back: \u201cYou didn\u2019t attend the hearing and abstained thereby defying the Central Committee\u2019s instructions as per the party\u2019s constitution and disciplinary code of conduct and your expulsion is with immediate effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Botswana<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Botswana People\u2019s Party (BPP) has dropped the hammer, expelling three of its high-profile members following a dramatic fallout over alleged misconduct. 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