Khama magic on �deathbed�

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President Ian Khama has distributed blankets, done walkabouts, appeared on the Daily News front page, and Btv more times than his predecessors combined, but he is just not so attractive to the voters anymore, write BAME PIET and TSAONE BASIMANEBOTLHE

When President Ian Khama warned his party followers that he was not a politician, and that he was forced into politics by some people, they took his statement lightly. Instead of requesting him to step aside, to let others lead the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), they insisted that he was the right man.

‘Seconds before Disaster’ was the Kanye congress, where his team lost the majority, if not all central committee positions to the other faction. He did not welcome the results. He crushed the newly elected team.

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Micro-procurement maze demands urgent reform

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