Khama's Setswana battle rages on

 Last Friday, those who attended the Mathangwane rally reeled in laughter when Khama, his attempt to stress the point that the opposition is good only in condemning the ruling party came up with this gem - "Ke yone bokgoni ja yone," instead of "Ke jone bokgoni ja bone".

He asserted that some people are failing to effectively run their personal businesses and have now turned into a laughing stock on the political front, a thinly veiled reference to embattled Botswana National Front (BNF) leader Otsweletse Moupo. While his Setswana was right here, he caused incessant laughter with his poor pronunciations. Because of his difficulty with Setswana, the Vice President sometimes reverted to a mix of Setswana and English and this helped him a lot. Sample this: "Baledzi Gaolathe is the best Finance Minister in Africa.  O quiet, o botlhale...ga ke reye go re batho ba ba modumo jaaka bo councillor Peter Ngoma ga ba botlhale".