Phillip Matante East: The real battle begins

The UDC is a tri-party partnership consisting of the Botswana National Front (BNF), Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) and the Botswana Peoples Party (BPP). The Botswana Congress Party (BCP), which recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the tri-party alliance for the purposes of working together in the by-elections, is once again backing UDC in the by-election.

The turn out at the primary elections for the two parties over the weekend perhaps provided a hint of what numbers to expect at the by-election.