BPP: Time to do or die

Machacha’s observation comes after some people held the view that the party’s current survival was only because it was affiliated to the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). “I believe that if the party was not affiliated to the UDC, it would not even be having a council candidate. It's performance was drastically bad in the 2019 general election because it has one council candidate,” he said.

Besides having its affiliation with the umbrella movement, it was also saved by Member of Parliament for Francistown West constituency, Ignatius Moswaane who defected from the ruling party to join it alongside two councillors who supported him. Apart from Moswaane, other people who brought life to the BPP include party secretary-general Nono Kgafela-Mokoka and Phillip Bulawa who defected from the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) to join it. In the UDC affiliation, it is only the BPP that is weak, whilst the BCP and the BNF are strong.