From Khama to Masisi: The Presidency in times of uncertainty :: Mmegi Online

The year is 2008. Ian Khama ascends to the Presidency, succeeding the globalist statesman Festus Mogae. On the backdrop of Ian Khama’s ascension to office is a global financial crisis, the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

A decade later, as Khama steps down at the end of his 2 terms as CEO of Botswana Inc. a recurring – ‘President Khama inherited a financial crisis’ - is almost synonymous with every description of his presidential term.

Fast forward to April 2018, Khama’s Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi will ascend to the presidency courtesy of an automatic succession clause in the constitution. Masisi will lead the country and his party, the Botswana Democratic Party, into the 2019 national elections to seek a renewed mandate from the people. But just like his predecessor Ian Khama, Masisi will also inherit a recession.

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