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Women lose ground in Boko’s power reshuffle

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A quiet but worrying trend appears to be taking shape under President Duma Boko’s administration, following the systematic removal and reshuffling of women from Botswana’s top public service positions.

Since he took over last year, Boko has been criticised for failing to wield the axe, and now that he is finally swinging the chopper, it is the female heads who are being sacrificed on the block.

In what once stood as a proud hallmark of gender progress under former president Mokgweetsi Masisi now seems to be rapidly unraveling under Boko.

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