Fana Why? Magosi's Kang Showdown

Peter Magosi clinging onto the President's vehicle PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
Peter Magosi clinging onto the President's vehicle PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

KANG: One thing is clear. The director general of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) Brigadier Peter Fana Magosi loves a show. And at the Botswana Democratic Party’s (BDP) Kang congress, Magosi put on his best show yet.

He was, like always, dressed for the show.  His trademark baseball cap, embroidered with initials ‘PF’ on the right side. Clean-shaven. Dark glasses that give him the James Bond look. He topped it off with the usual khaki safari vest that was made famous by former president Ian Khama and his security detail. The vest covered the pistol holstered to his waist.

The spy chief’s Kang showdown was around the President.  At the congress Magosi assumed what is called Number One position in the bodyguard security protocol, right behind President Mokgweetsi Masisi. He was the main man in what the US Secret Service call The Shift – the bodyguards around the President. It appears Magosi has enlisted a new presidential security team.

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