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10/30/2004:

"Mogae set to win the election in Botswana"

Botswana President Festus Mogae's ruling party is expected to cruise to victory in elections on Saturday as voters in one of Africa's richest and most stable democracies go to the polls hoping for more of the same.

The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has won every vote since independence in 1966 - and although those left out of Botswana's economic miracle may vote against it, opposition divisions are seen as making the result a foregone conclusion.

"I think the BDP will win," said student Pako Peter in the capital Gaborone.

"Most people will vote for them because they're used to it. It's more by habit than anything else."

Full Article : iol.co.za