Birth Of The BDP

For his part, the British Resident Commissioner, Peter Fawcus, considered Seretse and Ketumile Masire to be the Councils’ outstanding members. Privately he confided to Seretse that having Masire as a partner was the key to building a national movement. Masire would later recall: “Between Seretse and I, it was love at first sight.

We clicked the first day we met [at Legco]. He must have heard about me from someone.” By 1961, Fawcus was eager that Seretse play the role of the leading nationalist.