"Only late president Khama had a state funeral"

Friday, November 25, 2011

SELEBI-PHIKWE: A state funeral - the scale of which are determined by Cabinet - is accorded a president or a vice president who dies in office, the Selebi-Phikwe Town Council (SPTC) was told this week.

Since independence in 1966, only the late former president Sir Seretse Khama, was accorded a state funeral.

The explanation, which was read out by Town Clerk Mompati Seleka, was in response to a question from Councillor Lekang Mukokomani in the last ordinary full council meeting.

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