UDC student wing grapples with infighting

UDC affiliates include the BNF, AP, and Botswana Peoples Party (BPP). The disputes saw AP members announce that they are pulling out from Moono wa Baithuti over the weekend. Usually, elections for the University of Botswana Student Representative Council (SRC) are held in March or April.

The statement, whilst some may say, comes a little bit too late, is timely as gender-based violence (GBV) continues to haunt the country. A week hardly passes without reports of a wife, a girlfriend or boyfriend being killed by their intimate partners. Just recently, a high-ranking officer stationed at Glen Valley Barracks reportedly murdered his wife and has so far managed to evade arrest. It is also alleged that another soldier murdered his…