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BCP ON LEPOKOLE-BOROTSI BY-ELECTION VICTORY The BCP is heartened by Saturday 9th December 2023 results where it won the Borotsi - Lepokole ward in Bobirwa constituency with huge margins. The emphatic win was announced by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the 9th December 2023 following a poll on the same day. The Final Results show the BCP leading comfortably with 860 against ๐๐ƒ๐'๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’ and ๐”๐ƒ๐‚'๐’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”. A total of 18 ballots were spoiled.Congratulations to Hon. Moalosi Afa. We wish him well in his new tour of duty. We also congratulate our Vice President and MP for Bobirwa Hon. Taolo Lucas, the campaigns manager, Hon. Councillor Koketso Moja and all the BCP cadres in the Bobirwa Constituency for leading the way. We congratulate other activists of the BCP from beyond the ward and constituency for their hard work and for this resounding victory for the ๐๐‚๐, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ.The results also mark a turning point in the history of our country as they ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐‚๐'๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ, ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎr ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž. ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฃ๐จ๐›๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐.Batswana are tired of broken promises and are determined to eject BDP in 2024 and replace it with the BCP - KGOLOLO YA SECHABA. No amount of cheating or corrupt practices by the monied who think our people are purchasable should stop the winds of change that are blowing in our country. To those who want to exploit our people by giving them money to influence them to decide against a prosperous future for their children, we assure them that their approach will end in tears. Of course, our people need food parcels and money that our opponents offer them. Our message is; ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ; ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐‚๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’. To all patriotic citizens, we need your votes in large numbers to form a new government for a new and better Botswana in 2024.As the BCP marches on we will, in the next 6 days (starting on Tuesday the 12th of December 2023) roll out a series of offerings and activities that will leave no one in doubt that ๐๐‚๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š.We will announce our candidates who just emerged victorious in party primaries and also launch a summary of our signature manifesto promises. These activities and offerings are a befitting celebration of the Borotsi - Lepokole victory. We are humbled by this victory which has invigorated our people to work even harder to save our country from the ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ and to save our country from the debilitating corruption, poor governance and those intent on selling our country to the highest bidder. We urge our people to continue to work hard and leave nothing to chance. Please talk to your families, friends and relatives this festive season. We need to build an unbreakable covenant as already shown by the people at Borotsi - Lepokole. Through this victory we hope Batswana will be disabused, once and for all of the false narrative being peddled by doomsayers and apologists of the moribund and corrupt BDP regime that โ€œthere is still no alternativeโ€. Of course there is an alternative; and ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐‚๐. We say to our people you are your own liberators and through you we will achieve Freedom in our lifetime! KGOLOLO YA SECHABA!Yours Comradely,๐‚๐๐ž ๐Œ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ ๐Œ. ๐๐ก๐ž๐ค๐จ๐๐‚๐ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ... See MoreSee Less

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P16.5m Silos erected at Talana Farms

Talana Farms revitalisation project has continued to progress on the back of the strategic partnership between BDC and local agribusiness organisation, Kwenantle Farmers. The two companies entered into a commercial partnership in October 2016 to transform the BDC property into a key location for agricultural business projects.

BDC and Kwenantle Farmers have announced the completion of a P16.5 million grain silos facility. The behemoth silos were unveiled to the community at an official opening ceremony on May 15 2019 by the Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Bogolo Kenewendo.

The silos have a holding capacity of 5,000 tonnes, anticipated to hold 8,000 to 10,000 tons of white maize and sugar beans output per annum. Grain silos enable farmers to store and preserve grain efficiently without tedious technological components. Construction began in March 2018 and the silos were completed and operational from February 2019. In addition to this development, ploughed lands on Talana Farms has also increased from 150 hectares to 600 hectares over the duration of the partnership between BDC and Kwenantle Farmers. 

โ€œThis partnership has continued to bear fruit and one I am proud to see it grow in strength and capacity. We celebrate the fact that this partnership was also established to give an opportunity to qualified women in business. I was pleased to be informed that in addition to this development programme on Talana Farms, Kwenantle Farmers are in talks with the people of Bobirwa for opportunities to partner in community initiatives such as school upgrades, trade fairs and cultural events. Social development is a key aspect of the national developmental agenda and I am pleased to see the progress from the revitalisation project, including influencing the exploration of community development opportunities. My Ministry remains committed to facilitating Botswana trade and we look forward to facilitating more collaborative projects such as these that empower our people to be impactful producers in the economy,โ€ said Kenewendo.

 โ€œWe are pleased with the developments surrounding this partnership. As the Botswana Governmentโ€™s main agency for commercial and industrial development, being a facilitator of commercially viable businesses to operate in the economy is a critical aspect of our mandate. We continue to promote viable agricultural projects through equity participation and debt funding to both citizens and non-citizens in various sectors of farming, said BDC Chairman, Blackie Marole.

He continued, โ€œIt is paramount to BDC that business models for projects undertaken are commercially competitive and enable business ventures to deliver returns from the local market. Investing in Agric- supporting infrastructure is therefore key to BDCโ€™s investment strategy. Botswanaโ€™s landscapes especially in the Tuli Block area provide viable opportunities for us to become a competitive supplier of agricultural goods for the continent. We also have a high appetite for projects that expand beyond primary agriculture to those that explore downstream value creation of processing and packaging.โ€

Talana Farms is a property that was set aside by BDC for solely agricultural purposes and measurers 1,850 hectares. Since October 2016, Kwenantle Farmers on lease through BDC, has been on an intensive restorative and developmental programme on the farmlands. The partnerships was conceptualised to contribute towards meeting local food security demand, to reduce the countryโ€™s reliance on imports for basic foodstuffs and to catalyse village development through employment and skills development.  

โ€œWe are in the business of securing Botswanaโ€™s future. Our focus remains on unlocking the value residing in underdeveloped sectors in Botswanaโ€™s economy which hold immense potential to generate significant development such as Agriculture as mentioned, also Energy, Manufacturing and Technology. These sectors provide a bounty of opportunities to develop local skills and knowledge, they can unlock new markets, and therefore create employment and generate significant wealth for the country. We remain committed to facilitating large scale business operations in order to play our necessary role, in shaping the economy to become export-led,โ€ said Marole.

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