Masisi and the private press: the unfulfilled promises

There is a strong view that whilst the Masisi-led Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) government committed itself to promote a free and vibrant press in the 2019 general election manifesto, his near year term in office has been characterised by unfulfilled promises. In this article, Mmegi Staff Writer RYDER GABATHUSE follows President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s pledges of freeing the media space after a rough spell under his predecessor Ian Khama