A must-win for BDP

Odds are already stacked against the warring opposition whose campaigns are characterised by attacks on each other rather than selling their stories to the expectant masses at the political rallies. For the longest time, the opposition campaigns mainly between the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and the Botswana National Front (BNF) still trading under the coalition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) are purely at loggerheads with each other.

Bophirima ward by-election has birthed new alliances as the Alliance for Progressives led by Ndaba Gaolathe and the Dumelang Saleshando-led BCP merging colours - the BCP’s lime and AP’s purple. Although there is no official explanation for this alliance, all indications are that the newfound political love is bound to blossom at the expense of the already 'on the rocks' UDC marriage.