Mogae vs Ex-Friends II... Starring Louis Nchindo

We have heard it all before...actually it seems like a contagious disease in so-called liberal democracies viz Botswana, Zambia and South Africa. Fall-out with the president and you will incur the full wrath of the state machinery against you. Fredrick Chiluba, Jacob Zuma, Louis Nchindo.

He goes to Serowe and vents his anger about university academics (whom he formerly said he does not regard as intellectuals) who write nonsense about his government using pseudo names. Just like a secondary school class prefect admonishing other students to behave, he was spitting fire. He went as far as warning the opposition to leave his chief (next president) alone if they do not want to invite trouble.

This is Mogae, whom for the first time in his term as president is touring the whole country and using the vernacular, as he usually never speaks it in Kgotla meetings.

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