Linchwe held ANC weapons

It has been revealed that Kgosi Linchwe II of Bakgatla was a key member of the African National Congress (ANC) underground military machinery that operated in Botswana in the 70s up to 1992.

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki, who was the guest speaker at Sir Ketumile Foundation annual dinner, revealed this on Friday night. Mbeki says he told this story to show that Botswana was genuinely a Frontline State, and despite its vulnerability to possible reprisals by the apartheid regime, it played a critical role in the struggle to end the apartheid system.