UDC in talks to form a single party
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Happy people: UDC was the biggest winner of the 2014 general elections. PIC: TSELE TSEBETSAME
The three member affiliates of the Umbrella for Democratic Change
(UDC) are in talks to form a single opposition party. The Botswana National Front (BNF), Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) and Botswana People’s Party (BPP) went into a coalition in 2012, contesting elections in UDC in 2014.
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