MISA-Botswana welcomes Kgosi dismissal

Two of the world’s most reputable intelligence organisations – the CIA and Mossad – are subject to the authority of their respective governments, even with their notorious reputation as laws unto themselves. The role of these organisations is to prevent external threats, whereas under Kgosi, the DIS was focused on terrorising citizens and being involved in questionable transactions that often reflected unprecedented wastage of public funds and resources.

Under Kgosi, speech was frozen in the throats of citizens who feared surveillance and persecution. Media freedom and freedom of expression were suppressed like never before. Journalists of good merit always knew that their phones were tapped. When aiding visiting journalists, local scribes always knew that they were being closely watched. There have been cases where even visiting journalists had their hotel rooms broken into, ransacked and their entire work stolen.