Khama, presidential term limits in Africa
Friday, March 16, 2018
Leaders of the liberation struggles were celebrated throughout Africa as an air of optimism filled the atmosphere across the whole continent. Poor Africans who were brutally dispossessed of land and basic human rights, looked up to liberation struggle heroes as their only source of hope to emancipate them from the life of dehumanising poverty and a horrifying culture of rightlessness.
Lo and behold, the so-called liberation struggle heroes turned their backs on the very same people they have professed to be liberating. Instead of making radical post-colonial emancipatory socio- economic and political reforms characterised by robust democratic institutions, many liberation struggle heroes dismantled any institution that showed any democratic characteristics.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...