Halt the army, save the money and democracy

There has been adequate warning that a drift towards entrenchment of the military and royalty upon the arena of democratic governance, which must, by definition, be led by civil society, spells danger for the very future of the foundations of that system of government.

It is noteworthy, as might have been noted in other contributions by this writer, that the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), under no real threat to its hegemony over parliamentary domination, opted, perhaps in panic, canvassed the support of the soldiers and the kings in order to keep political supremacy.