Botswana: Modise Kgalagadi South MP Elect

Tsabong — The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has retained the Kgalagadi South constituency following a by-election held over the weekend.

Mr Tokyo Modise (UDC) candidate secured a decisive victory with 6 766 votes, defeating his closest rival, Ms Diana Kaartze of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), who garnered 3,926 votes. This gives Modise a commanding winning margin of 2,840 votes.

The tightly contested by-election featured five candidates, Botswana Congress Party (BCP) candidate…