Powerful forces out to annihilate the media

Addressing the 35th High Level Consultative Council (HLCC) Khama derailed from the theme of the event and said government was concerned “at the growing slander now being directed against members of the executive, including senior government officials, who are subjected to personal attacks for carrying out their public duties”. Khama explained that government had decided that where members of government, including senior officials, have been the subject to such abuse by the press, government would extend to them appropriate legal support.

The pronouncement by Khama came at a time when he was subjected to questions from the media over the construction of an airstrip by the Botswana Defence Force on his private land in Mosu.