Madibela Tlhopho, angels or hooligans?

“Yo o tla lekang go tsietsa mo ditlhophong o tshwanentse a kgorelediwe; ha ele gore o nna mongala go dirisiwe dikgoka tse di lekaneng go mo kgwabohatsa le go mo itsa go dira tsietso (Whoever tries to steal elections should be impeded, if they are obstinate we should use the same force to tame or thwart their cheating actions),” UDC president Boko told a group of UDC members last month ahead of the Mmaphula by-election in Palapye where the opposition coalition hosted the National Madibela Tlhopho workshop.

Madibela Tlhopho is not new. Boko, who is the overseer of the group, has previously mentioned them in passing. But it was only this year that the group was conferred official in the UDC. Boko has always remained adamant in his belief that the 2019 general election was rigged by the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).