Mogae, American biographer fallout

The book project, which Edge was doing with the assistance of some Batswana, started in 2009 immediately after Mogae left office, with extracts from the unpublished works making rounds in 2012. The Mogae autography has promised to reflect “on his life, as a young Motswana, through his education to his period as a civil servant, and to that infamous episode in his presidency when on a windy afternoon an old friend knocked on his door looking for favours over the Debswana fiasco” among many other episodes.

Eight years on, with the book still to hit the presses, all is not well between the two. Mmegi has learnt that Mogae has unilaterally terminated his working relationship with Edge, a move and development which author sternly warns could open a can of worms.