A widely held view amongst most Batswana is that the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has completely changed Botswana’s political landscape and prompted renewed hopes for a change of government even if it may not be the immediate beneficiary of the new hope.
Not only has it generated overwhelming support unprecedented for the opposition bloc in Botswana since political independence, it also marked the end of perpetual stigma of opposition going into an election as sure losers.
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