What drives Khama's loathing for the media?

Mmegi Correspondent EDGAR TSIMANE wonders what drives President Khama's loathing for the local media

"News is the glue that binds free societies together," Allen H Neuharth, chairperson, The Freedom Forum, 1993.

This quotation could be helpful to President Ian Khama who steadfastly refuses to interact with the country's journalists, at least through press conferences. Khama has remained impervious to calls by the media for the presidency to become more accessible.

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