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Masisi: The disputed appointment

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The last smile: Khama anointing Masisi for the highest office in the land FILE PIC

April 1, 2018 was an extraordinary special April Fools’ Day for Southern Africa’s oldest and mature democracy. Write Staffer RYDER GABATHUSE & Correspondent PAULINE ROD SMITH

The 52-year-old Republic of Botswana, a former British colony, was inaugurating Mokgweetsi Masisi as its fifth president in succession.

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