BNF should tread carefully

Friday, May 02, 2025 | 390 Views |

We have noted negative reports emanating from the Botswana National Front Women’s League (BNFWL) tumultuous elective congress that was held in Letlhakane.

By nature, elective congresses, like other party meets where leaders have to be elected, often disintegrate into physical battles or threaten to put the party asunder.

The BNF is replete with history of cadres engaging literally in physical fights when people hold differing opinions. It happened in Palapye in 1998 and culminated into the formation of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), a party that is now the main opposition in Parliament following the 2024 General Election where the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) coalition party made history by ousting the then long ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).

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BNF should tread carefully

We have noted negative reports emanating from the Botswana National Front Women’s League (BNFWL) tumultuous elective congress that was held in Letlhakane.