Chaos best describes BNFYL congress

Chaos was the order of the day. Among the many wrongs - while the congress was planned to start Saturday at 12 noon, it took off six hours later; failed to discuss congress business; elections went into Monday morning; delegates were left idling and angry with no leadership to direct; food not provided for; near fists as delegates demanded to be allowed to vote; some constituencies had parallel delegates with the outgoing committee disappearing without explanation.

It became clear that the congress was headed for disaster when at 12 noon Saturday, delegates were still  standing outside the main hall at Pekenene Junior Secondary School with no leaders or BNF administrators to explain anything. Some of the guests, including Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) president Andrew Motsamai, were forced to go back to Gaborone without delivering their solidarity messages.