Our Defence Minister gets his 'defence' from Nigerian prophet

The minister recently travelled to Nigeria to meet Joshua. "I was very impressed and moved by the power God has given to him, and the way he helps the poor people," said Seretse, a devout Christian.

He explained that he went to visit Joshua in his private capacity. He said he has had encounters with local prophets, but none of them match Joshua. "Don't even try to go that far because as an individual, I can go anywhere," he said. He added that Joshua has said that God loves Botswana despite what he called negative reportage by local media during his visit in 2005.  Seretse said that the local media is always reporting negatively about the country and the government and people in other countries are surprised at what is happening to the 'lovely country' that they know Botswana to be.