Moatlhodi's defection rattles BNF

The BNF had, before Moatlhodi came to the picture, assigned youthful Maokaneng Bontshetse the constituency candidature for Umbrella For Democratic Change (UDC).

UDC is an opposition cooperation of the BNF, Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) and Botswana Peoples Party (BPP). Moatlhodi, who in his resignation letter to the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) stated that he had loyally served the ruling party for over 39 years, was welcomed to the opposition camp yesterday by UDC and BNF president, Duma Boko.