Merafhe critically ill at GPH?

Former vice president, Mompati Sebogodi Merafhe is said to be critically ill at Gaborone Private Hospital (GPH). Sources say the former military general has been at GPH for almost four weeks after he was transferred from a hospital in South Africa.

The long-serving foreign minister retired as vice president in 2011 due to ill-health. 

His son Odirile, refused to comment on his current state. 

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