Cabinet Divided Over Zimbabwe?

First it was the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) backbenchers who voiced their concerns on the government's silent diplomacy on President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe.

On Tuesday, perhaps after suppressing the feelings for quite some time, the Minister of Sports, Youth and Culture, Major General Moeng Pheto, broke the silence and spoke loudly against Mugabe. He told the House that Zimbabwe was a stumbling block to regional development and urged the Botswana government to do more to help resolve the political and economic problems in the country. 

Pheto was contributing to the debate on the budget for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Foreign Affairs Minister Mompati Merafhe responded that there is nothing much that Botswana can do on Zimbabwe apart from approaching the matter in a friendly way.

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