Botswana People's Party

The Botswana People’s Party (BPP) is a progressive political party in Botswana, led by Motlatsi Molapisi. BPP is the first political movement in Botswana having been formed in December 1960. At the last general election, the party won one Council seat.

History

The party was formed in 1960 as the 'Bechuanaland People's Party under the leadership of K.T. Motsete and Philip Matante. The party's formation was indirectly stimulated by the flow of South African exiles following the Sharpeville massacre in March 1960. The Party's structure was based on the African National Congress but it soon fell witness to in-fighting. The party soon became an opposition party to the traditionalist Botswana Democratic Party, led by Seretse Ian Khama.^[1]

References

↑ The New States of Southern Africa by J.T. Spence in The Journal of Modern African Studes, December 1967

Political parties in Botswana

Parliamentary parties	Botswana Democratic Party Umbrella for Democratic Change (BMD BNF BPP) Botswana Congress Party

Extra-parliamentary parties	Botswana Alliance Movement New Democratic Front MELS Movement of Botswana International Socialist Organisation

Defunct parties	Botswana Workers Front United Democratic Front

Portal:Politics List of political parties Politics of Botswana

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