Botswana: BPP Party That Birthed Nation

Francistown — Behind the freedom that Botswana enjoys today is a story that is often glossed over, the story of the men who first dared to ask Britain to let go. That story belongs to the Botswana People’s Party (BPP).

According to the current leader of the BPP, Mr Motlatsi Molapisi, the last man standing who witnessed both the birth of independence and the end of 58 years of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) rule, the BPP was not formed in 1965 as many textbooks claim. It was formed way back…