This space would not be enough to record spurious actions of OP officials who acted on the spirit of discussions there to starve The Botswana Guardian, Mmegi and others of advertising, successfully smothering Brian Egner's, 'The Examiner,' to death. To say nothing of legislation against liberation literature before Seretse Khama's death and the subsequent banning of about seven journalists at the private press without recourse to the courts.
And what about the laws that entitled police officers to impound publications of newspapers at their whim? What about the arrest and humiliation of Prof Malema because he found out that the negotiating government officers and the Manual Workers Union had agreed on increased pay. What of the banning of journalists from Sir Seretse Khama Barracks because they reported on the secret trial (court martial) of Sgt Kgentlepe for 'cowardice' after officer Ramadeluka Seretse had failed to give the go-ahead for action against a South African troupe that was proceeding to do harm in Broadhurst, Gaborone.
