Lt Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama
As a matter of courtesy, the Directorate on Public Prosecutions has officially told President Ian Khama that they intend to charge Assistant Minister of Finance, Samson Guma Moyo, with criminal and corruption charges.
The charges are likely to come in the New Year.
President Khama was officially told of the DPP intentions last week Thursday.
The investigations conducted [...]
President Ian Khama who went to the Botswana Democratic Party Congress this week with bridges burning behind him was on Saturday retreating from the brink and trying to put out the fire that is threatening to devour the party.
Speaking at the 33rd Congress in Kanye on Saturday, Khama, veered from his extremist politics and moved [...]
A number of Botswana Democratic Party Central Committee members are planning to take President Lt Gen Ian Khama to court following his decision to suspend party Secretary General Gomolemo Motswaledi.
Scores of central committee members who are sympathetic to Barata-Phathi faction met today at 12:30 where the possibility of challenging Khama in court was mooted. One [...]
Gaborone West South Member of Parliament, Botsalo Ntuane, has called on President Seretse Khama Ian Khama to expedite investigations into extra judicial killings and bring the culprits to book.
Responding to President Khama’s state of nation address, Ntuane said that the indiscriminate killing of civilians by security agents blights Botswana’s human rights record and must not [...]
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hello, everybody. I just want to welcome President Khama to the Oval Office and to make a brief statement about Botswana and its relationship to the United States.
Although Botswana is not a large country, it is truly one of the extraordinary success stories in Africa. Since the mid-’60s it has [...]
STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY Lt. GEN. SERETSE KHAMA IAN KHAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA, TO THE OPENING OF THE FIFTH SESSION OF THE NINTH PARLIAMENT – “Empowering the Nation through Democracy, Development, Dignity and Discipline”
INTRODUCTION
1. Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for the opportunity to give this
Honourable Assembly an assessment [...]
Botswana Democratic Party members are reportedly up in arms over President Seretse Khama Ian Khama’s campaign, which they say is skewed towards members of the Merafhe-Nkate faction, while barata-phathi candidates are left to fend for themselves. As the BDP mascot, Khama has been on a trailblazing campaign around the country, hosting star rallies in a [...]
Former cabinet minister Daniel Kwelagobe was on Wednesday waxing lyrical and singing praise songs for President Seretse Khama Ian Khama’s administration and its adherence to democratic ideals.
Contributing to the ongoing debate over President Khama’s State of the Nation address, Kwelagobe urged Batswana to rally behind Khama’s clarion call for democracy and tolerance, adding that the [...]
Kefilwe Mokopane, one of Botswana’s visual artists says that President Ian Khama’s directive that government ministries should buy artworks from locals has turned the tide for many artists including himself.
According to Mokopane, ever since the directive was issued, some government ministries and parastatals have commissioned him to do a number of projects for them – [...]
President Ian Khama celebrates his 56th birthday today on completion of seven months in the highest office. In his 10 years in politics he has served only at the highest levels of government – previously as vice president – and the ruling Botswana Democratic Party where he quickly rose to the position of chairman before [...]