Recent events indicate that Mao may have been right on many fronts. A good example is the feud between Parliament and cabient over the privatisation of Air Botswana. The government is pressing ahead with negotiations with Airlink of South Africa on the privatisation of Air Botswana despite the Parliamentary motion that purported to halt the process. The MPs' argument hinged on whether the negotiations were going against the Privatisation Policy and the related laws like the Air Botswana Transitions Act and the Civil Aviation Regulation (Reform) Act. At the height of the public spat between the two arms of government the Attorney General, Athaliah Molokomme, who came out and said that as far as she was concerned, cabinet had done nothing to flout the laws and the policy.
A fierce public debate ensued in which different opinions for and against the cabinet's position were expressed. Works and Transport Minister, Lesego Motsumi indicated that cabinet would go through with the negotiations despite Parliament's disaproval. The war came to exemplify the power struggle between a powerful cabinet and a Parliament slowly growing in confidence.
