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UDC’s promised land near, yet so far

UDC leadership PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
UDC leadership PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The wrangling within the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), particularly between major parties, the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and the Botswana National Front (BNF), are crushing the hopes of those who believe in the ‘People’s Project’.

Their woes are dimming the glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel to ending the Botswana Democratic Party’s (BDP) 50-plus years of rule.

The BCP and BNF will be concluding their elective congresses on Tuesday. Members of the two parties, even before their congresses, had already been debating challenges their parties are facing, which are shaking the coalition at its very core, putting all their hopes in jeopardy.

Editor's Comment
Medicine before ConCourt

Yet, while this crisis ravages the communities, the administration is championing a major, resource-intensive legal reform and the establishment of a dedicated Constitutional Court. While the principle of strengthening constitutional justice is commendable, the timing is profoundly misplaced. When the President himself admits the government coffers are limited, every thebe and every moment of political capital must be directed towards the...

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