A changing politics? The violence narrative and case for prominent persons� security provision

Botswana needs to act on this. Whether true or not, it calls for all in politics to be very careful how they respond to and perpetuate this violence narrative. It is perhaps time we considered security provision for prominent figures in our politics.

First though, we need to address the thick air on there being political violence. We can choose to play ostrich yes, and history is full of republics that did just that with disastrous consequences. The main reason for my call for fears of violence to be addressed is that we are slowly but surely introducing violence into our politics through all the media reports on violence in the run up to this election- it matters not whether these are imagined or real. With the widespread coverage of allegations of violence in politics, we eventually will switch off and these allegations become normal.