4 April 2018
Who is Mokgweetsi Masisi?
Earnest, highly educated, elitist and remote, President Mokgweetsi Masisi lacks the charisma of Botswana’s former president Ian Khama.But unless the country’s fragmented opposition launches a spirited campaign, he could well increase the ruling party Botswana Democratic Party’s (BDP) vote in next year’s general election.
Police clampdown over intelligence report
A break-in at the INK Centre for investigative Journalism in Gaborone at the weekend has raised concerns among journalists that official intolerance towards the independent media is growing in Botswana.
Ombudsman’s Mosu report places Khama above the law
Botswana has been lauded as the “African Success Story” since the 1980’s and labelled as the epitome of democracy in a continent where democracy has been under threat by authoritarian regimes and individuals.
‘It was not an easy battle’
Morgan Moseki – a local lawyer representing the asylum seeker says the year-long battle to free the asylum seekers from the infamous Francistown Centre for Illegal Immigrants was not easy.
COMMENT: This is not who we are!
Prisoners of Injustice
‘African countries are the same’
advocacy
Break-in at INK offices
How capital flight bleeds Africa
If crime crosses borders so must journalism
COMMENT – Now we know the truth about Mosu
