The main challengers to the BDP are the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) led by Dumelang Saleshando; the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) led by Duma Boko (AC Vol 65 No 17 Ben-Menashe heads to Gaborone); and the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) led by Mephato Reatile and backed by former president Khama (Dispatches 17/9/24 Khama returns to face court cases and boost opposition election campaign)...
The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) is led by Dumelang Saleshando 53 who took over the party from his father in 2010...
Leader of the opposition United Democratic Front Dumelang Saleshando told MPs that he had evidence that members of the ruling party were already awarding tenders related to the coronavirus pandemic to politically connected firms (AC Vol 59 No 6 A well-scripted succession)...
His deputy is the Botswana Congress Party leader Dumelang Saleshando...
Voters punished the BCP for not joining the opposition alliance and the party won only three seats half the number it managed in 1999 and its leader Dumelang Saleshando lost his Gaborone Central seat to the UDC...
BCP President Dumelang Saleshando strongly dislikes BMD President Gomolemo Motswaledi and senior BCP members have continued to make outspoken attacks on the BMD...