Whenever De Beers, Duma Boko and Mokgweetsi Masisi enter the same sentence, sparks fly.
In what has become a national debate pitting hero against villain, Masisi wrestled De Beers while Boko rolled out the red carpet. Botswana, however, cannot agree on who between the two presidents is the hero and who is the villain.
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