Botswana National Front

The Botswana National Front (BNF) later became the main opposition, growing in strength especially on urban councils from the 1970s until 1998, when some members left to form the Botswana Congress Party; both parties have served as the primary opposition to the ruling party. The UDC,…

…a large majority, though the Botswana National Front (BNF; founded 1965) became a significant threat after 1969, when conservatives joined the socialists in BNF ranks attacking the “bourgeois” policies of government.