Khama�s fall-out with Nasha

President Festus Mogae brought Margaret ‘Nnananyana’ Nasha into Parliament under the Specially Elected dispensation in 1999. She acquitted herself well as Cabinet minister and earned the respect of the male-dominated Cabinet and that of the general public. As state Minister, Nasha like her namesake Margaret Thatcher, was to prove to be Botswana’s own Iron Lady.

One of the casualties of President Ian Khama’s maiden cabinet reshuffle in 2008 was Moggie Mbaakanyi, one of the few women who served in Mogae’s Cabinet. This dealt a blow to women representation in the Cabinet.  However, Nasha was spared. She first served in Khama’s Cabinet as Minister of Local Government and this was followed by an appointment to the more clout carrying Ministry of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration.