BMD instability not good for UDC

Saturday, May 23, 2015

It is truism that all is not well within the leadership of the opposition Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD).

In the last few months, the tension within the party escalated considerably, coming to a head this week when the party leaders took the fight to a mainstream and social media.

At the centre of this internal dispute is the recent readmission of the party’s founding member, Sidney Pilane, to the party. Pilane resigned from the party in 2012 after losing to the late BMD leader, Gomolemo Motswaledi, at the party congress in 2011.

Already have an active account? Log in here.

Or Sign up and get unlimited access to premium articles.

Minister Maele addresses GIPS Management. PIC KING OLERILE

Private colleges poised to drive Botswana’s TVET revolution

Johannes Kambai | 6 h ago

Knives out for Netball vice president

Calistus Kolantsho | 05 Jun 2026

Match-fixing concerns rock netball

Calistus Kolantsho | 05 Jun 2026

Fiscal stress forces FMD ‘crowdfunding’

Mbongeni Mguni,Innocent Selatlhwa | 05 Jun 2026

Police crack Zone 11 crossborder stocktheft syndicate

Innocent Selatlhwa | 05 Jun 2026

BPF factions seek common ground

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 05 Jun 2026

Palapye council leadership battle deepens

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 05 Jun 2026

AP launches drive to boost visibility

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 05 Jun 2026

Govt must crack whip on Cross border crime

“Betrayal hurts, but knowingwho was betraying hurts even more.”- Garima SoniWhat the men of Ditlharapa, Molete and neighbouring villages uncovered is a cross-border enterprise. The modus operandi, as the suspect himself reportedly confessed, is industrial: groups operating in multiple villages, fences cut with impunity, stolen goats walked into South Africa, warehoused at Makhubung, then sold in batches of 200 to a commercial farmer in...

Mmegi Editor | 05 June 2026

About us

Mmegi is the leading independent source of breaking news, latest news, current
affairs, Politics, Business, Sport, debates, analysis, and entertainment news in Botswana.

BMD instability not good for UDC

It is truism that all is not well within the leadership of the opposition Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD).

Explore

More

Private colleges poised to drive Botswana’s TVET revolution

Knives out for Netball vice president

Match-fixing concerns rock netball

Fiscal stress forces FMD ‘crowdfunding’

Police crack Zone 11 crossborder stocktheft syndicate

BPF factions seek common ground

Palapye council leadership battle deepens

AP launches drive to boost visibility

Govt must crack whip on Cross border crime