Khama, the beer levy, and the thinking class

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The Alcohol Levy fiasco is but the first chapter in Khama's war against the middle class, their 'liberal' thought and the resultant debate associated with engaging with this group,

"The President is taking it too far, man. The problem is that with so much popularity, he thinks he can just do anything," a waiter at one of the up-market restaurants in the Gaborone Main Mall.

Soldiers do not like to retreat unless it is in the short term. And only for a long term strategic benefit. But this week, President Khama seems to have taken a step or two backwards in his mortal combat with alcohol and its associated fun.

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