Lt Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
A charismatic leader is a person who has a very strong referent power, very strong vision, and an exceptional ability to communicate that vision with passion and conviction. This leader is characterized by behaviour that is unordinary, novel, unconventional and counter to norms. The type of person is perceived as a maverick that initiates and [...]
In what may be signs of what is at stake, a number of high ranking members of the ruling Botswana democratic Party have lately swarmed the office of Vice President Ian Khama with names of people they think he should be considered for the position of Vice President when Khama becomes head of state in [...]
Roland Sutherland, the senior counsel acting for suspended BDP secretary general, has argued that President Ian Khama acted in bad faith in his actions against Gomolemo Motswaledi.
When the case opened in Lobatse this morning, Sutherland said while Khama said he did not want party matters discussed in public, it was him (Khama) who instructed party [...]
Civil servants may be punished or even lose their jobs if they turn up for work in pants, tight skirts, bare back tops or tops that reveal a cleavage.
The Office of the President has issued a directive that all civil servants should dress in a manner that ensures that certain parts of their bodies would [...]
President Lt Gen Ian Khama has reinstated suspended Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Secretary General Gomolemo Motswaledi to the party central committee and as Gaborone Central Parliamentary candidate unconditionally.
This follows an out of court agreement reached between Khama and Motswaledi’s camps Tuesday afternoon. Motswaledi launched a court action against the BDP and president Khama, challenging his [...]
“I avail myself of this opportunity to convey to Your Excellency, warmest greetings and congratulations, on your appointment as President of the Republic of Botswana,” President Mbeki said on Wednesday.
“I trust that our relationship will extend to incorporate solutions to the challenges facing Southern Africa and the continent as a whole,” he added.
Mr Mbeki said [...]
Contrary to what was expected of him, President Ian Khama has steered clear from publicly endorsing Ms Tebelelo Seretse for the position of BDP Chairman.
If Khama’s remarks at the BDP women’s wing congress at Tsabong were supposed to send a message that he was sympathetic to Seretse’s candidacy, then the President was also equally aware [...]