Lt Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama
Since the succession of Lieutenant-General Ian Khama to the presidency in April 2008, an escalation in the militarisation and personalisation of power in Botswana has taken place.
Repressive agencies have been operationalised, military personnel have entered government in increased number, an informal coterie of advisers has come into being around Khama, and a spate of accusations [...]
If you asked why President Ian Khama is controversial I would answer in three words: Marriage of inconvenience.
When we returned to London from Oxford, I went to the Trafalgar Square and bought a copy of the Daily Telegraph. It was probably the only British newspaper that morning which carried a two-paragraph story from Africa [...]
Ian Khama is a flop Its almost 16 months since Seretse Khama ’s eldest son took office as President of Botswana on April Fool’s day last year thanks to the outdated and a very undemocratic piece of legislation, automatic succession. Automatic succession imposes handpicked individual such as Khama for the people even [...]