Khama's continued use of state aircraft riles rivals
Thursday, March 15, 2007

On the eve of the elections, Vice President Ian Khama addressed rallies in the two villages on the same day. To cover the two villages, which are almost 500km apart, Khama had to fly. He addressed the Mathangwane rally in the morning and appeared in Hatsalatladi in the afternoon.
Khama was flown by a Botswana Defence Fence (BDF) aircraft to Francistown from where he later drove to Mathangwane, a few kilometres away along Maun road. After addressing the Mathangwane rally, the VP later boarded the same aircraft for Hatsalatladi.
Hurt as he may have been, former president Ian Khama, Sir Seretse’s senior son who was given an opportunity to speak on behalf of the Seretse family, couldn’t mince his words as he took advantage to shred his successor Mokgweetsi Masisi to pieces.He, however, did not clearly mention names but he referred to Masisi as the leader of a political party that was founded amongst others by his father.He would also address him as the former State...