The BNF - Opportunities and challenges

Thirty-six months ago almost to the day the membership of our organisation met in Mochudi to elect a new leadership. They also met to take stock of their organisation and give it direction. The lead up to the Mochudi elective Congress was characterised by roaring firestorms of controversy, adversity and uncertainty. Ours was an organisation in turmoil; trapped and enmeshed in a thick tangle of internal squabbles. These threatened not just the credibility and stability of our organisation but its very existence if allowed to fester on unattended.

The organisation had survived bitter feuds which had seen the expulsion of some members. We had witnessed toxic exchanges between cadres taking place in public, in complete disregard of any bounds of decency and respect; far from any structures and organs of the party. The party was tugged and pulled from all angles by these vicious furies of its members. Members were pitted against each other and in defiance of the then leadership.