Franco lashes out at self-serving politicians in new album

However, the controversial title track risks denying the most successful rhumba artist airplay on government radio stations, which might not want to be seen to be attacking the political leaderships through his song.

Happily, Franco does not feel threatened. He says he harbours no political ambitions.  He also says he is not a Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) activist either, despite his newly-found political voice in his music. "I'm not a politician, I'm just a musician, making a comment on societal issues," he said when asked to elaborate on the song during the album's final touches at a studio in Gaborone this week.