Intolerance should not overtake botho

The run-up to the elections is proving to be bumpy, almost acrimonious in some instances, where recent events have been a poor display of tolerance. The accusations thrown back and forth by political parties, the alleged assaults of politicians by national security agents and the recent arrest of a journalist have sent electorates on edge. 

More disturbing has been the recent war of words between the governments of Botswana and the United States of America on the detention and charging of an editor with sedition. All this smacks of those in the corridors of power losing their senses, which could potentially send the country into turmoil.  A sense of panic is gradually gripping members of the public who live in fear of secret agents who go into their homes in the cloak of night.