Kgosipula said that after receiving messages and calls on his mobile phone from a hidden number with threats to end his life, he reported to Francistown police officers. He said that the officers investigated the matter and identified the caller - a known operative of an opposition party. "They called me to the station and he was just sitting there a tsenwe ke serame. He asked for forgiveness and the officers said it was up to me to forgive him. But he soon disappeared before the matter could be completed," said Kgosipula, a former Botswana Congress Party secretary general. He said the man has made his life a living hell. "We do not encourage such politics where others have to threaten others. That will not scare me a bit because I know what I want," said the politician who recently re-defected to the main opposition, Botswana National Front (BNF). He was speaking at a BNF's public rally held in Molepolole over the weekend to mark the start of 'Operation Tsosolosa' to revive the party's fortune.

Speaking at the same rally, acting party president, Dr Kathleen Letshabo said that politics for the opposition parties are hard work as the leaders have to contribute money for everything from their pockets. This forces them to go bankrupt. Letshabo spoke after it was announced that she had cancelled an engagement in Mahalapye to be at the rally. The audience gave her an undivided attention. When she started talking about troubled party president Otsweletse Moupo who has been given leave to sort out his personal problems, everyone went quiet. She said what has befallen Moupo is not surprising as it was bound to happen. "This is a matter that involves the future of his family, his children. He asked to be given time and we did that. He will come back when he is ready and continue with us where we will be," Letshabo said. She stated that Moupo believed in collective leadership where he consulted his fellow comrades before making a decision and hence their support for him.

"Those who thought that this was the last straw that we were holding before the party breaks should brace themselves for a ride because we are here to stay. BNF will never break again. We have learnt from our past mistakes and we will not repeat the same mistake," Letshabo said to a loud cheer and shout of Kopano, the party slogan. She explained that the BNF has never promised that its leaders would not have misunderstandings.

Letshabo announced that they do not like utterances made by their partners in cooperation talks to the media. She said that she would not address the issue at a public rally as there is a platform at the talks. "We will talk about that where we always meet and that is the place where we will tell them what we think," she said. She explained that their preferred model for opposition cooperation - the alliance, does not mean that other parties will dissolve to join the BNF. She received 82 new members to the party saying that it was a sign of fast growth. In total, 280 new members are said to have joined the party in the area. Out of these, 26 are from the National Democratic Front (NDF), 40 from the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and there rest are youths with no parties. She said that they are going to the 2009 elections with high expectations that they will topple the BDP from power.

"This is the time that we must educate our followers about the importance of voting because a lot of them fail to link their vote and their problems. They must ask themselves if there would have been any change if they had voted as many of them do not exercise their right to vote. This is the time to talk to the people without a lot of noise from the build-up campaigns to the elections," she said.