Ndaba Gaolathe

**Ndaba Nkosinathi Gaolathe** (o tshotswe ka Lwetse a le malatsi a matlhano ka 1972) ke moitseanape wa itsholelo le lepolotiki la Motswana, ga jaana o direla jaaka Mothusa-Tautona wa Botswana le Tona ya tsa Madi go tloga ka Ngwanatsele a supa 2024, ka fa tlase ga ga Tautona Duma Boko. Gaolathe ke moeteledipele wa lekoko la Alliance for Progressives, e leng le lengwe la makoko a a mo teng ga lekoko le le busang la Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). Gape ke leloko le le tlhophilweng la Kokoano Bosetšhaba ya Botswana mo kgaolong ya botlhophi ya Gaborone Bonnington Borwa fa e sale ka ditlhopho tsa 2024, e leng maemo a a kileng a nna mo go one go tloga ka 2014 go fitlha ka 2019.

## Ka ga gagwe

### Botshelo jwa pele le thuto
Gaolathe o tshotswe ka kgwedi ya Lwetse e le malatsi a matlhano ka 1972[motswedi o o botoka o tlhokega] kwa Gaborone, morwa Baledzi Gaolathe, yo o kileng a nna tona ya tsa madi mo Botswana go tloga ka 1999 go fitlha ka 2009 ka fa tlase ga ga tautona Festus Mogae le Ian Khama. O tsene sekolo se sebotlana sa Lesedi le se segolwane sa Gaborone pele a ithutela itsholelo kwa Yunibesithing ya George Washington kwa Amerika, mme a latelwa ke MBA ya tsa madi kwa Sekolong sa Wharton sa Yunibesithi ya Pennsylvania, a wetsa dithuto tsa gagwe ka 1997.

### Tiro ya sepolotiki
Kwa tshimologong e ne e le leloko la phathi ya Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), e e neng e sale e busa boipuso ka ngwaga wa 1966, Gaolathe o ne a tlogela phathi eo ka nako ya botautona jwa ga Ian Khama, a inaakanya le lekoko la Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD), le le neng le simolotswe ke Gomolemo Motswaledi. Gaolathe o ne a nna moeteledipele yo o tlhageletseng mo gare ga BMD mme a nna le seabe se segolo mo go tsenyeng lekoko mo kgolaganong ya Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), gammogo le lekoko la Botswana National Front (BNF) le Botswana People’s Party (BPP) e leng makoko a mangwe a mabedi a a kgatlhanong le BDP. Morago ga loso lwa tshoganyetso lwa ga Motswaledi mo kotsing ya koloi ka ngwaga wa 2014, Gaolathe o ne a mo tlhatlhama jaaka moeteledipele wa phathi mme a tsenelela ditlhopho jaaka mopati wa ga Duma Boko (moeteledipele wa BNF le UDC) mo ditlhophong setshaba tsa ngwaga oo, kwa UDC e neng ya tsaya maemo a bobedi. Gaolathe o ne a tlhophiwa go nna leloko la palamente ya Gaborone Bonnington Borwa.

Ka Phukwi 2017, mo gare ga kgotlhang ya ka fa gare ga BMD, Gaolathe o ne a tlogela UDC mme a lelekwa mo lekokong, morago ga moo a tlhoma Alliance for Progressives, lekoko le le gololesegileng mo setšhabeng le a ntseng a le etelela pele fa e sale ka nako eo. Gaolathe o ne a ema jaaka ntlhopheng wa botautona wa AP mo ditlhophong tsa kakaretso tsa 2019, a nna mo maemong a boraro ka 5.12% ya ditalama tsa batho mme a latlhegelwa ke setilo sa gagwe sa palamente.

### Mothusa Tautona wa Botswana
Gaolathe o simolotse dipuisano tsa go dira kgolagano le lekoko la Botswana Congress Party (BCP), le le eteletsweng pele ke Dumelang Saleshando, pele ga ditlhopho tsa 2024. Morago ga gore dipuisano tseo di palelwe, AP e ne ya swetsa go boela kwa UDC, mme Gaolathe a simolola gape tiro ya gagwe jaaka molaodi wa bobedi wa kopanelo, tota a nna mopati wa ga Boko wa de facto mo ditlhophong. Morago ga phenyo e e tlhomameng ya UDC, e e neng ya tshwaya go fenngwa ga ntlha ga BDP le go tlhatlogela ga ga Boko mo maemong a botautona, Gaolathe, yo o neng a boelwa ke setilo sa gagwe sa palamente, o ne a bonwa e le ene yo o nang le kgonagalo e kgolo ya go nna mothusa tautona mo kabineteng ya ga Boko. Ka Ngwanatsele a le gane, malatsi morago ga go nna mo setilong, Boko o ne a tlhomamisa Gaolathe jaaka mothusa tautona wa gagwe.

## Ditso tsa ditlhopho

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## Tsa kwa ntle

* Ndaba Nkosinathi Gaolathe | National Planning Board of Botswana