In its latest move, the Michael Keakopa- led group has publicised the voters roll digitally and has since started exposing what it deems as irregularities that could lead to them taking legal action. In September 2023, President Mokgweetsi Masisi, during the BDP national council and extra-ordinary congress in Palapye, noted that Madibela-Tlhopho are lawless characters who protect the vote with thuggery and anger but will get in line. This came following their clash with armed security during a by-election in the Serowe West constituency in July of the same year. “We will see these people and their characters. As you can see, they were training Madibela Tlhopho as if it is the first time a vote is protected. E dibelwa ka ntwa le bogale, boganana le boganka,” Masisi told the BDP members. He pointed out that Madibela-Tlhopho will get in line. He said if Madibela-Tlhopho are not trained, they will be trained stating that are not going to be threatened. Madibela-Tlhopho would, however, not budge and have since then not looked back, challenging and attacking the IEC and the BDP over various electoral issues.
The Court of Appeal in December ruled in favour of the IEC in a case which meant Madibela-Tlhopho would not be granted access to names and national identity card numbers of individuals registering to vote and record the serial numbers of the registration booklets for each and every registration day at the opening and closing thereof. The UDC had gotten in their favour a High Court order that ruled in their favour, where the IEC was interdicted and restrained from preventing the UDC from observing and monitoring the national elections registration process. The UDC had approached the court to seek permission to closely monitor and obsrve the voter registration exercise ahead of the 2024 General Election. At the heart of the UDC’s case is that they believe that transparency and fairness were of utmost importance and the presence of their representatives would help ensure a free and fair electoral process. The IEC, however, has been adamant that as the electoral body, they have been following due process and that by allowing Madibela-Tlhopho to monitor elections and ‘do as they please’, it would compromise the electoral processes. With just under a month before the polls, Madibela-Tlhopho are at it again with damning allegations against the IEC and the BDP government, claiming that there are multiple errors on the voters' roll as it was properly inspected.
