It all began ahead of the 2019 General Election when past immediate State president Mokgweetsi Masisi promised to ‘spill the beans’ on his former principal Ian Khama at a rally launching former vice president Slumber Tsogwane and other parliamentary candidates in Rakops.
Masisi’s promise left BDP enthusiasts in tenterhooks, literally asking for some more. The nation’s immediate suspense went on until the alleged P100 billion-theft case that implicated the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) spy agent; Wilhelmina ‘Butterfly’ Maswabi was mentioned for the first time alongside other prominent persons in the names of ambassador Bridgette Motsepe, former president Ian Khama, former intelligence chief, the late Isaac Kgosi and others. The documents for this case were widely distributed in 2019 elections year. The gist of this case was that Motsepe, Khama and Kgosi were implicated to have allegedly spread the ‘loot’ across banks in South Africa and across the world. Politically, Khama had influenced the formation of BDP splinter party that he claimed would help unseat the BDP from power then. This must have unsettled BDP head honchos.
