The high cost of taming Khama

Friday, June 30, 2023 | 2850 Views |

The fight between President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his predecessor, Ian Khama is far from over. While Khama is busy supposedly planning to come home to attend Sir Seretse Khama Day to honour Masisi's invitation, international media has been awash with news stories countering the ‘media strategy’ employed by Khama.

In what they term an effort to protect Botswana's political stability and economic interests, the Office of the President (OP) this week hosted international journalists at Big Valley Game Lodge in Lobatse.

The project included interviews with government officials and a series of press conferences seeking to address the former president's continuous "sabotage of the current government and the dissemination of false information".

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