In-Depth

Paul Masie caught in the web of power play

When Alexander Forbes Botswana Managing Director, Paul Masie decides the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF) Trustees meeting diary like he is the guy...
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The general of the red ribbon brigade

In early July 1998, I was part of a two-man team that interviewed President Festus Mogae about his first 100 days in office. We...
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Why Mogae and Nchindo fell out

President Festus Mogae likes to feign memory loss whenever the subject turns to his erstwhile friend Louis Nchindo. In a favourite bit, he would...
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The Transition . . .The Smooth Operator!

Although BDP insiders will never publicly go on record over it, there is no missing the consensus that, though not by design, Vice President...
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Free from politics Sikwane tells it as is

Raphael Sikwane makes a startling statement. “Within the Black society, we tend to be emotionally illiterate,” he says. “We lack emotional education.” In his previous incarnation,...
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Ten years of fist-fighting own party Members of Parliament

The discussions at Tsholetsa House in the weeks and days before July 14, 2001 always narrowed down to the ferocious infighting that characterized the...
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The power behind the throne?

Four years is a long time in politics. Travel back that far and you would gate crash the most high profile Christmas party of...
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Mogae loses his innocence

The weekly cabinet meetings at the Office of the President are a serious business where important matters of government are discussed. The meetings, traditionally held...
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The public face of the media prepares to call it a day

It's ironic that one of the most recognizable faces in Botswana media does not belong to a practitioner of the trade. Instead, it belongs...
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The heir who had to keep justifying his legitimacy to the throne

A story is told of a backbencher who loved to play the clairvoyant. One particular prediction was that Number One would not last the...
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