Tensions rise in Cabinet as Masisi's COVID-19 Task Team runs country

Friday, April 23, 2021

Cabinet in a meeting. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Last week President Mokgweetsi Masisi tried to press a ‘reset’ button on his Cabinet as an endeavour to put Botswana’s Executive into order after some ugly tensions threatened to undo his power grip.

The President was forced to call a hasty Cabinet retreat held under a bizarre theme of “Reset, reclaiming the government and implementing our change mandate”.

But despite this technical solution to a political problem, tensions are still simmering and rising inside Masisi’s Cabinet.

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Tensions rise in Cabinet as Masisi's COVID-19 Task Team runs country

Last week President Mokgweetsi Masisi tried to press a ‘reset’ button on his Cabinet as an endeavour to put Botswana’s Executive into order after some ugly tensions threatened to undo his power grip.

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