Till then, student politics at the university was the monopoly of the opposition Botswana National Front (BNF) organ known as Mass. GS 26 had always existed, but tended to operate as a marginal grouping that had little interest in seizing the political high ground. That was until Ntuane teamed up with a group of BDP activists like Odirile Motlhale, Lawrence Lecha, Douglas Letsholathebe, Nixon Marumoloa and others now in the civil service to take the BNF head on. A story is told of how Ntuane, the GS26 chairman, did something unthinkable by openly wearing a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) t-shirt on campus during campaigns for the 1994 general elections. This was a remarkable defiance because due to intimidatory tactics, the only party that could show its colours on campus was the BNF. The act led to open campaigning, with the BDP branch at UB using party attire, posters and rallies on campus. That period was the turning point for GS 26. From then onwards, the organisation cultivated a strong following so much so that it has won the Student Representative Council (SRC) elections on numerous occasions.
Ntuane says that the BNF strength and popularity at the university is exaggerated because it was confined to a minority of very vocal students who maintained their dominance through intimidation and propaganda. He says that in the 1990s, it was evident that the silent majority was most probably inclined to the BDP but too afraid to openly show their allegiance. Hence, the t-shirt incident where he reportedly told fellow BDP activists that if he remained untouched the whole day, then the psychological grip the BNF had on the students would be broken forever. He says in laughter that when they were still students, Marx Engels- Lenin Stalin (MELS) leader Themba Joina once kicked out the current BDP executive secretary Dr Comma Serema for turning up at the movement's meeting with a BDP t-shirt. "He was charged with 'treason'", he states as he tries to display the wrath felt by many who had a soft spot for the red, black and white BDP colours.
