Old BDP factions spawn new fissures?

The new-fangled fissures are believed to be the spawn of the old ones that have come to characterise the BDP since the 1990s - the 'enlightened' left of centre Kedikilwe-Kwelagobe and the rightwing Merafhe-Nkate factions.

Both factions are known to have held clandestine meetings whose main purpose was to draw up lists of candidates for the Central Committee to the exclusion of their de facto vanguard who still want to hold positions on the powerful executive.