MELS Movement of Botswana

MELS Movement of Botswana
PresidentThemba Joina
First SecretaryMosalage Ditshoto
Founded1984 as a study movement, 1994 as political party
Dissolved2013
Merged intoBotswana Congress Party
HeadquartersGaborone
Ideology
Political positionFar-left

The MELS Movement of Botswana was an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party in Botswana without parliamentary representation. Themba Joina, a practicing lawyer, was the president of the organization. The name MELS is derived from (Karl) Marx, (Friedrich) Engels, (Vladimir) Lenin and (Joseph) Stalin.