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The year 2012 marked the fourth anniversary for Tshekedi Khama’s (TK) in Parliament as a backbencher. His entry into politics and Parliament in 2008, following President Ian Khama’s ascendancy to the highest office in the land, was not without...

President Festus Mogae brought Margaret ‘Nnananyana’ Nasha into Parliament under the Specially Elected dispensation in 1999. She acquitted herself well as Cabinet minister and earned the respect of the male-dominated Cabinet and that of the...

It is a well-documented fact that at the height of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) factional bickering, former president Sir Ketumile Masire initiated Constitutional amendment to make provision for automatic succession. The initiator of...

April 1, 2008 President Ian Khama’s inaugural address had the hallmark of a great speech. In fact, it can arguably be rated as the best speech of his life.  If the intention of Khama’s speech writer(s) was to inspire the faithful and ease the...

A series of developments in the Government enclave alarmed and kept the media on its toes. President Ian Khama brought under his thump, under the suzerainty of the Office of the President to be precise, oversight bodies like the Directorate on...

By design or accident, President Ian Khama’s ascendance to power coincided with the promulgation of the ill-fated Media Practitioners Act, No. 29 0f 2008.  The official position was that the law was intended, among other things, to enforce a code...

Ian Khama is a unique President, who set out to do things differently. On assumption of the Office of the President, he set a new record as Africa’s most eligible bachelor and as things stand, it seems, this will be a lifelong status.  Like the...

Khama’s extensive Kgotla engagements were predicated upon a desire to widen the frontiers of democracy. This was an attempt to make good his 2008 promise of preserving and continuing Botswana’s democratic credentials. “I am a democrat. I have...

Khama is a reluctant politician. He never meant to go into politics. But in 1998, at the height of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) factional skirmishes, he allowed himself to be persuaded by former president, Festus Mogae to join politics and...

The BDP has battled with factionalism, without success, for almost three decades. What really triggered off BDP factionalism is a subject of debate.  However, its genesis could be traced to 1989 when former president Sir Ketumile Masire brought...

The BDP chairmanship is now up for grabs. Vice President and incumbent chairperson, Mokgweetsi  Masisi is back in  the trenches to defend his position against fellow Cabinet colleague, Nonofo Molefhi, the Minister of Infrastructure and Housing...