The import of Masires sojourn in Zim

That was when he dismissed those calling for regime change during the civil service strike in terms that were considered inappropriate for the head of the military. 

Either the good general seems not to have learnt from that episode or he is plainly defiant if what he is reported to have said during a recent visit to Zimbabwe is true, and we have no reason to think it is not. Whatever the case, the import of Masire’s visit and utterances seems to have been lost in the criticism that followed. The visit is a final confirmation that Botswana has stopped all pretensions of promoting democracy in the region and of standing firmly against dictators in the SADC region. Before consorting with Zimbabwe with the Masire visit, Botswana had already compromised its position as a champion of democracy in the southern African region by mollycoddling Malawian despot Bingu wa Mutharika and Swati absolutist King Mswati  III of Swaziland.