Remembering Captain Christopher Phatshwe

Attempts to dialogue with the authorities had failed and the only way left, was for him to act. His message was loud and clear.

Phatshwe was a Marxist -Leninist and a black consciousness adherent. In short, he was a Melsian. At the formation of MELS STUDY MOVEMENT OF BOTSWANA he was elected its first Secretary General. When MELS was transformed into a Party, he became the Secretary General for a short period before opting to join the public service, and later he rejoined the Central Committee as Secretary General when he joined Debswana Mining Co. In a short time, he rejoined public service and comrade Letetsemang Kesentseng was elected Secretary General, the position he held until his death in December 2006.