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AP wary of joining UDC

AP members PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
AP members PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

FRANCISTOWN: The current leadership problems bedevilling the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) are a bane that has the potential to scupper opposition cooperation talks.

This came to the fore when the president of the Alliance for Progressives (AP), Ndaba Gaolathe, officially opened the party’s elective congress on Saturday at Adansonia Hotel.

It is in the public domain that two protagonists, the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and Botswana National Front (BNF), in the UDC which also includes the Botswana People’s Party (BPP), are embroiled in a toxic leadership battle that is precipitated by governance issues.

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