Special Branch officers left out in the cold?

The officers said members of their unit are so demoralised that if they were working for a private company, they could have gone on strike.

The officers revealed to Mmegi that Vice President Ian Khama's Private Secretary, Lieutenant-Colonel Isaac Kgosi recently  informed them that the police intelligence services unit would be abolished with effect from April 1. It is widely believed Kgosi is the man likely to head Botswana's new intelligence unit. The officers said Kgosi invited them to submit their CVs so that they could be co-opted into the directorate but he has never contacted them since then. They said he promised he would call them for interviews but  has never done so.