Is AP a BDP revitalization manoeuvre?

The reason that Gaolathe (and Wynter Mmolotsi) gave for jumping the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) ship was that he abhorred Khama’s dictatorial actions. Now he has to jump the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) ship because he hates someone else. This time it is not even clear what the individual did.

In 1990, soon after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela was challenged by an American journalist to explain his friendship and affection for Yasser Arafat, Colonel Gadaffi and Fidel Castro.