Khama�s diplomatic tiff

Friday, May 08, 2015

FRANCISTOWN: President Ian Khama’s alleged utterances at the recent Southern Africa Development Conference (SADC) extraordinary summit in Harare to address issues of industrialisation might have exposed his disregard for diplomacy and international relations, a political analyst has said.

President Khama and his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma were quoted widely by the media to have clashed with their Zimbabwean counterpart, Robert Mugabe over xenophobic violence in South Africa.

The media quoted Zuma and Khama demanding that instead of blaming their neighbour, Zimbabwe and other SADC states must fix their broken economies to curb the rising tide of immigration.

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Khama�s diplomatic tiff

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