Who is in charge with Cabinet on holiday?

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What happens when members of the government take their holidays?

This is the question on many people's lips as cabinet remains in recess. During the last weeks of the year and the first month of the following year, usually, members of the executive, from the President to the assistant ministers go on holiday and this year is no different. Information reaching Mmegi indicates that at the most President Ian Khama, Vice President Mompati Merafhe and the cabinet ministers have light schedules with official duties kept to a minimum.

When Mmegi called President Khama's office yesterday the President's spokesperson Sipho Qedindaba Madisa indicated that Khama is currently on leave. Cabinet has suspended holding its weekly Wednesday meetings until they resume later in the month. So who is in charge of government at this stage?

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