Mandela: Khama to attend Mandela memorial service in Johannesburg, Botswana flags to fly at half mast
Monday, December 09, 2013

Khama will join other heads of State and international dignitaries in attending the memorial service for the late former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela.
Khama will today sign the condolence book in memory of Mandela at the South African High Commission in Gaborone.
Ramsay also says in the press release; "Members of the public are further informed that flags in Botswana shall fly at half mast on Sunday, the 15th of December 2013 as a sign of respect for Mandela, the date having been chosen to coincide with the statesman's final burial at his home village of Qunu in the Eastern Cape."
We duly congratulate them to have ousted the long ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. Prior to taking power from the BDP, the coalition had made several election promises that are credited for influencing change and swaying the people to vote in its favour.The party had made an undertaking, which its leader and President Duma Boko consistently bellowed in his campaign trail. These undertakings were promises that Batswana would be...