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YOUTH GO TO THE POLLS

Youth across the breadth of Botswana, will this weekend go to the polls to elect their peers who will represent their voices at their respective districts. The much anticipated Botswana National Youth Council (BNYC), District Youth Committees' (DYCs) elections, will be held on Saturday, January 28th, 2012.

The elections will be held in 27 districts out of the initial designated 33 districts that elections were supposed to have been held after some areas were unopposed hence will automatically form committees.

After a five months vigorous public education exercise through various media, BNYC believes the youth are ready to vote in these historic elections.

As the empowerment partner of choice for youth in Botswana and always advocating for creativity and innovation, BNYC for the first time in history of elections in the country, introduced the use of technology for registration.

"This is a first for Botswana and young people reacted positively to the use of sms and online registration as they registered in satisfactory numbers," said the Chairperson of the Elections Sub-Committee Tapologo Kwapa.

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