De Graaf quits politics and lions

Yesterday, De Graaf also told Mmegi that he had dumped the controversial but lucrative business of breeding lions. The former minister said he had requested the Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism to rehabilitate the lions back into the wild and will no longer be involved in game farming.

Last April, De Graaf asked President Ian Khama to relieve him of his ministerial duties, citing ill health. De Graaf, however, held onto his constituency where in 2013, he was caught up in a regional storm after revelations that he ran a farm breeding lions for slaughter by hunters.