The peace and freedom we enjoy as a region today is a product of their collective struggle and sacrifice against the forces of racism, fascism and imperialist repression.
Between 1963 and 1966 over 100 freedom fighters of the Mozambique Liberation Front or Frelimo (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique), passed through Botswana, when we were still ruled by the British as the Bechuanaland Protectorate (BP) in order to reach their movement’s bases in Tanzania. Many more followed between 1966 and 1975, which is the period between Botswana and Mozambique’s independence. These movements were facilitated by the generosity and goodwill of many Batswana.