Ghetto react to airport being renamed after Philip Matante
Government recently announced that the Francistown International Airport is to be renamed after Botswana People’s Party (BPP) co-founder and former leader, Philip Matante.
The pioneer politician, who passed away in 1979 at the age of 67, was famous for his fiery speeches, his passion for his people and his refusal to lie down in the face of colonial oppression.
Originally from Serowe, Matante later settled in Francistown, eventually becoming the second city’s first Member of Parliament.
40 years on from his death, the leg...
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