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BDP turns into apology machine

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Instead of shaping the political narrative, the BDP has spent much of 2025 and early 2026 compounding its woes PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Once the undisputed titan of Botswana politics, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has found itself in an unfamiliar position over the last year, constantly on the back foot, offering public apologies for blunders, missteps, and increasingly its own political legacy.

Since losing power in the 2024 General Election, where it was reduced to a rump in Parliament after 58 years of uninterrupted rule, the BDP has struggled to redefine itself in opposition.

Instead of shaping the political narrative, it has spent much of 2025 and early 2026 compounding its woes with a string of high-profile apologies, each underscoring a larger identity crisis within the once mighty ‘Mmadiparty’.

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