Marobela To Revamp BPP

Monday, November 23, 2009

The interim president of the Botswana People's Party (BPP), Whyte Marobela has his work cut out for him. The BPP has been in the intensive care unit for a long time and previous attempts to revive the party have failed.

Marobela's assignment is to resuscitate one of the country's oldest political movements.
In the 60s and 70s, the BPP was the vanguard of local politics. But the party became moribund after the death of its charismatic leader, Phillip Matante.

During the 1984 general elections, the BPP lost their sole parliamentary seat of North East, which was held by Kenneth Nkhwa.

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