The AP�s offerings

The most pressing goal of seeking a new political home was to safeguard and secure Gaolathe Ndaba’s presidential powers and isolate Advocate Sidney Pilane’s Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) faction for good.  

Amidst riots and turbulence, Pilane had successfully ‘usurped’ Ndaba’s powers at the BMD elective congress held in July at the Matshekge Hill School. The formation of the AP has now settled the leadership question. Having accomplished the objective of securing Ndaba’s presidency, frantic work has begun behind the scenes to give the AP more meaning beyond this narrow goal surrounding Ndaba’s leadership. The biggest question in the minds of many is what animal the AP is, and what does it intend to offer to Batswana.