BNFYL celebrates 25 years :: Mmegi Online

The secretary general of the Botswana National Front Youth League (BNFYL) Arafat Khan says the youth wing grew out of the Botswana Youth Federation (BYF), which had been in existence for 15 years then.

Speaking during a press briefing for the official celebration of the youth league's 25th anniversary yesterday in Gaborone, Khan related that BYF operated as the unofficial BNFYL in the 1970s. He revealed that it was mandated to organise the students and the working class into the BNF.

"This led to the party recognising the importance of youth as a relatively educated, energetic and militant sector of the population hence became more receptive to progressive ideas," emphasised Khan.He explained that the formation of the BNFYL in 1988 legitimised the youth structure of the party with the main purpose of providing the youth with organisational and political training to develop and nurture a future leadership cadre.

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BNFYL celebrates 25 years

The secretary general of the Botswana National Front Youth League (BNFYL) Arafat Khan says the youth wing grew out of the Botswana Youth Federation (BYF), which had been in existence for 15 years then.

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