BCPWL on Roseline Panzirah-Matshome

Dearly departed: Panzirah-Matshome PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Dearly departed: Panzirah-Matshome PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

It is with great sadness and sorrow that we learn of the untimely passing of Roseline Panzirah-Matshome, the founding secretary-general of the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF).

Roseline was not just in politics, she was indeed a force to be reckoned with in a world where women remain an endangered species.

Roseline’s contribution to Botswana’s politics is traceable to the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), a party she left to take up the challenge of starting anew.

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