The truth has become the casualty in the BMD schism

Thursday, September 28, 2017

One of the major outcomes of the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) schism is a huge iceberg of misinformation that is intended to undermine the prosperity of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and justify the formation of the purple party.

The media, both social and print have been at the centre of this misinformation.

The Patriot on Sunday, of September 17, 2017, under the headline ‘New party takes shape’ proffers an unmitigated opinion of the author of the article that ‘ahead of the 2014 general elections BCP sulked and walked out of the coalition under the false believe that they could go it alone.’

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The truth has become the casualty in the BMD schism

One of the major outcomes of the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) schism is a huge iceberg of misinformation that is intended to undermine the prosperity of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and justify the formation of the purple party.

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