'They cannot silence us' - Mogae
Friday, October 16, 2015

Former President Festus Mogae PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
He tells Mmegi in this no-holds-barred interview that, “I neither agreed nor disagreed to be silent when the vice president approached me.” He was referring to 2011, during the three-months long public sector strike, when he and another former president Sir Ketumile Masire intervened.
Mogae also opened up on a variety of national and international issues, although at first declined to discuss Botswana.
According to a press statement from the police, unidentified armed men attacked on duty police officers at the station in the early hours of Tuesday.During the attack, the suspects stole 14 riffles, five pistols and an undisclosed number of ammunition.Although unconfirmed, it is alleged that the suspects were just carrying knives and axes, which they used to scare the men and women in uniform before they took them hostage to help themselves to...