Khama in SA for make-or-break state visit

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* A hundred cries, but how much can Khama get from SA?
*Cries include securing power purchase accord for Mmamabula
*Getting SA to end snubbing Bots emergency travel documents
*SA wants to convert billion Pula cross-border trade to Zim

It is no ordinary state visit as President Ian Khama yesterday led one of the most powerful delegations to get neighbour South Africa to change its stance and policies that threaten to throttle Botswana's investment prospects.

Under normal circumstances, it should have been a state visit by only the President and a few staff, just to go and cement relations with a neighbour. But this one is a difficult one, headed by the President and with countless pressing issues that need to be resolved, especially by South Africa.

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