SADC leaders snub Bot50 party

Independence Day VVIP during the singing of National Anthem PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
Independence Day VVIP during the singing of National Anthem PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

Only three Heads of State – Filipe Nyusi president of Mozambique, King Mswati III of Swaziland and King Letsie of Lesotho attended Bot50 celebrations on Friday.

While the event attracted high-ranking dignitaries from the United States and Britain, Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders were nowhere to be seen at the country’s highly publicised event.

For a highly decorated country with a lot of enviable titles, among them the Africa’s diamond nation and shining example of democracy, expectations were that  African statesmen, especially from SADC  would descend on Gaborone en-masse in honour of Botswana’s enviable track record. However, that was not the case and the Presidents decided to stay home with some mysteriously withdrawing at the 11th hour, among them Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.

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