Today marks beginning of end of de facto one party-state

The announcement would bring an end to a plethora of conjectures, innuendos and falsehoods about the project. There has been panic, distress and bleakness following some negative media reports about the negotiations.

In the past years before the 2014 general elections, Botswana has been described as a democracy without a reliable opposition, a near contradiction even by liberal democratic measurements. Pundits of African politics and democracy have held opposition political parties responsible for helping sustain one-party dominance in Botswana since first elections in 1965. It was contended that the opposition has been disorganised, weak and fragmented.