Another Independence Veteran Departs

For a number of years he taught at a primary school in Mengwe, next to Maitengwe. The business bug then bit him and ventured into a number of projects. He started by buying and selling cattle and procured game trophies from hunters, which he then sold as far as Johannesburg in South Africa. His eldest son, Elliot Chibandu Maswikiti says his father did not confine himself to selling cattle in Botswana only. He sold them in South Africa and Democratic Republic of Congo. When the Botswana Meat Commission commenced operations, Maswikiti responded by forming a company called Botswana Producers' Agency whose sole purpose was to sell cattle to BMC.

At the same time, he ran trading stores in Makobo and his home village of Nshakashogwe in the Bokalaka area. His public transport vehicles were a great help to many people who used to travel to Francistown for work.