Who will succeed Ian Khama as president?

Batswana are in the dark about who will be their next president after President Ian Khama, and can only speculate.
It is an open secret that Vice President Mompati Merafhe will not take over from Khama after 10 years. There is a school of thought that Merafhe will only hold the fort until 2014.
Initially [...]

Khama defends Sinvula nomination


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KASANE – President Lt Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama has told Chobe residents that the nomination of Kgosi Moffat Sinvula of Mabele to Ntlo ya Dikgosi was based on his capabilities.
Addressing a kgotla meeting in Pandamatenga, General Khama said he was not looking at geographical locations when he nominated Kgosi Sinvula.
The President was responding to [...]

Ministers declare assets


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GABORONE – Ministers have declared their assets to President Lt Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama.
Minister for Defence, Justice and Security, Mr Ramadeluka Seretse said at a media briefing, Monday, that the move was a response to calls from some quarters that politicians should declare their assets.
The first person to be concerned about the lavish life [...]

Khama gives to children

SEROWE – It was all smiles when children in Serowe received Christmas hampers from President Lt Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama.
The children thronged the Presidents home in large numbers on Christmas Day.
President Khama gives Serowe children gifts on an annual basis on behalf of the Lady Khama Charitable Foundation.
Councillor for Serokolwane, Mr Molefhi Setlalekgosi praised [...]

Khama gets first e-passport

A Secure Passport
The Minister of labour and Home affairs, Mr Peter Siele has issued the President Lt gen Ian Khama with the first Botswana e-passport. He said the travel document has a chip based security feature.
Siele noted that all International Civil Aviation member states are expected to have complied with the issuance of machine readable [...]

Khama must declare his assets

We are shocked to hear that Cabinet Ministers have been attempting to placate their boss, President Ian Khama, this week. We learn that they have been ordered, perhaps cajoled, to declare their assets, liabilities and interests.
In other countries, people would celebrate this as a small step towards transparency. But small steps, though often commendable, [...]

Khama attacks unwarranted – Swartz

President Ian Khama’s lieutenants came with their guns blazing as they defended him when debating his State of the Nation address last week.
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They warned against waging attacks against the President.
Some of the senior officials who spoke in defence of Khama were the Minister of Defence, Justice and Security, Ndelu Seretse and the Minister of Infrastructure, [...]

Khama optimistic before poll

Gaborone – Botswana President Ian Khama was on Thursday optimistic of a win in parliamentary polls expected to pose the greatest challenge yet to his ruling party which has been rent by factionalism.
“I am cautiously optimistic,” Khama told AFP on the sidelines of a rally in the capital’s oldest suburb Naledi, a day before elections [...]

Botswana votes in peace

Gaborone – Election officials in Botswana said on Friday that voting was proceeding without incident as voters in the small, stable southern African country lined up at the polls.
Botswana’s governing party, in power for over four decades, is expected to prevail over a divided opposition in these parliamentary elections despite added pressure on leaders in [...]

Botswana president sees peace elusive in many countries

Botswana President Ian Khama said on Tuesday that peace and stability remain elusive for many countries and that Batswana should not take their stable political environment for granted.

Botswana President Ian Khama reviews an honor guard after being sworn-in as the country’s forth democratically elected president in Gaborone. Khama has been sworn-in as Botswana?s fourth democratically [...]